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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Gray, ME

September 8, 2023Cheshire County, New Hampshire

NWS Gray, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2023, 3:44 PM EDT for Cheshire County, New Hampshire. It was in force for 46 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: Sep 8, 2023, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Gray, ME
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cheshire County, NH

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 8, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Sep 8, 10:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 10:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:22 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
322 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2023

NHZ008>010-081945-
Merrimack NH-Belknap NH-Strafford NH-
322 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Strafford, southeastern Belknap and east central Merrimack Counties
through 345 PM EDT...

At 322 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Loudon, or 9 miles northeast of Concord, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Concord, Loudon, Alton, Barnstead, Epsom, Gilmanton, Canterbury,
Belmont, Gilford, Chichester, Pittsfield, New Durham, Pembroke, and
Northfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4319 7134 4328 7156 4356 7141 4343 7109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 210DEG 15KT 4330 7141

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin	36 min
Sep 7, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Somerset	43 min
Sep 8, 12:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	64 min
Sep 8, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		88 min
Sep 8, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	York	43 min
Sep 8, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		53 min
Sep 8, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Sagadahoc, York	64 min
Sep 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		59 min
Sep 8, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Oxford, York	40 min
Sep 8, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Androscoggin, Kennebec	43 min
Sep 8, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	York	55 min
Sep 7, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire	41 min
Sep 7, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Sullivan	57 min
Sep 7, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan	25 min
Sep 7, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack	51 min
Sep 7, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack	13 min
Sep 7, 11:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Carroll	35 min
Sep 8, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Hillsborough, Rockingham	62 min
Sep 8, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Hillsborough, Rockingham	65 min
Sep 8, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford	36 min
Sep 8, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Belknap	23 min
Sep 8, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford	44 min
Sep 8, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire	51 min
Sep 8, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Sullivan	36 min
Sep 8, 4:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Cheshire	3 hr
Sep 8, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Sullivan	50 min
Sep 8, 5:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Sullivan	3 hr
Sep 8, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	25 min
Sep 8, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Carroll, Grafton	36 min
Sep 8, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire	42 min
Sep 8, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GYX	Grafton	34 min
Sep 8, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack	38 min
Sep 8, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GYX	Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford	51 min
Sep 8, 7:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GYX	Merrimack, Rockingham	3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.