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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Gray, ME

July 25, 2022York County, Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2022, 1:40 PM EDT for York County, Maine; 4 counties in New Hampshire. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2022, 1:40 PM EDT (17:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2022, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Gray, ME
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties York County, ME, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 3:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:55 PM EDT, 21 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX61 min
Jul 25, 8:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, York25 min
Jul 25, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXAndroscoggin23 min
Jul 25, 9:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln29 min
Jul 25, 10:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKnox34 min
Jul 25, 10:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX20 min
Jul 25, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin56 min
Jul 25, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX22 min
Jul 25, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXFranklin, Somerset67 min
Jul 25, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX66 min
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX37 min
Jul 25, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKennebec34 min
Jul 25, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXKnox33 min
Jul 25, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCumberland36 min
Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford41 min
Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXLincoln, Sagadahoc60 min
Jul 25, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Lincoln38 min
Jul 25, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGYX59 min
Jul 25, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Waldo25 min
Jul 24, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCheshire37 min
Jul 24, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCheshire45 min
Jul 24, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham44 min
Jul 25, 7:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCheshire61 min
Jul 25, 8:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCarroll41 min
Jul 25, 8:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXHillsborough31 min
Jul 25, 9:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXMerrimack27 min
Jul 25, 10:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham27 min
Jul 25, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham39 min
Jul 25, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham31 min
Jul 25, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCheshire35 min
Jul 25, 12:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham29 min
Jul 25, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCheshire29 min
Jul 25, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham14 min
Jul 25, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXHillsborough24 min
Jul 25, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXCoos54 min
Jul 25, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGYXRockingham28 min
Jul 25, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCarroll, Coos, Grafton64 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.