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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Gray, ME
NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2022, 6:07 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Oxford County, Maine. It was in force for 26 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 28, 2022, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2022, 6:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gray, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, ME, Oxford County, ME
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 28, 5:24 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 5:24 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gray ME 518 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 NHZ001>006-292130- Northern Coos-Southern Coos-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll- Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll- 518 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms this evening. The greatest hazard from these thunderstorms is expected to be scattered damaging straight line winds, although a few instances of large hail and perhaps an isolated tornado are also possible. In addition, locally heavy downpours will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-033-292130- Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-Southern Oxford- Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York- Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo- Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Lincoln-Knox-Coastal Waldo- Interior Cumberland Highlands- 518 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Maine, south central Maine, southwest Maine, west central Maine and western Maine. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of an approaching front this evening. Some of these storms may be strong to severe with damaging winds the primary hazard. The threat for strong storms will generally decrease from west to east. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. ANZ150>154-292130- Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM- Penobscot Bay- Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM- Casco Bay- Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM- 518 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of an approaching front this evening. Some of these storms may be strong to severe with strong wind gusts the primary hazard. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NHZ007>015-292130- Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Cheshire-Eastern Hillsborough- Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham- Western And Central Hillsborough- 518 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 506 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for New Hampshire, central New Hampshire and southern New Hampshire. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The greatest hazard from these thunderstorms is expected to be scattered damaging straight line winds, although a few instances of large hail and perhaps an isolated tornado are also possible. In addition, locally heavy downpours will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Gray, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 28, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Androscoggin | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cumberland | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 6:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford | 96 min |
| Jul 28, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford | 92 min |
| Jul 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 95 min |
| Jul 28, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | York | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec | 111 min |
| Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Carroll | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cheshire, Sullivan | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Cheshire, Merrimack, Sullivan | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cheshire | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GYX | Hillsborough, Strafford | 31 min |
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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.