Alert archive / Maine / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maine, 2015

174 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2015. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
174
Busiest month
August71 severe thunderstorm warnings
Busiest day
August 4, 201531 severe thunderstorm warnings

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

113 of 174 severe thunderstorm warnings covering Maine in 2015 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 203 of 247 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 22 minutes after it went out.

Maine, 2015

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Severe thunderstorm warnings17411335%24782%22 min

Each office's whole area, 2015

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Gray, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings16313219%25589%22 min
NWS Caribou, ME: severe thunderstorm warnings793556%11275%20 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford45 min
May 19, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Piscataquis46 min
May 27, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis48 min
May 27, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook47 min
May 27, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Piscataquis44 min
May 27, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook50 min
May 27, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis42 min
May 27, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis39 min
May 27, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset37 min
May 27, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford40 min
May 27, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis42 min
May 27, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook41 min
May 27, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook28 min
May 27, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis38 min
May 27, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis35 min
May 27, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Washington46 min
May 28, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis35 min
May 28, 12:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset44 min
May 28, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook61 min
May 28, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot38 min
May 28, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo45 min
May 28, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis63 min
May 28, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis62 min
May 28, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc49 min
May 28, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Washington43 min
May 28, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset38 min
May 28, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo50 min
May 28, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York46 min
May 28, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington66 min
May 28, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York48 min
May 28, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo53 min
May 28, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Sagadahoc23 min
May 30, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford31 min
May 30, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook22 min
Jun 11, 3:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis43 min
Jun 11, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis15 min
Jun 11, 4:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis40 min
Jun 11, 5:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington50 min
Jun 23, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork51 min
Jun 23, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford40 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork47 min
Jun 23, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford51 min
Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York45 min
Jun 23, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis44 min
Jun 23, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot43 min
Jun 23, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington39 min
Jul 19, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork62 min
Jul 19, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork49 min
Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork20 min
Jul 19, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork43 min
Jul 19, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland40 min
Jul 19, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford, York55 min
Jul 19, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford39 min
Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York30 min
Jul 19, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork28 min
Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork48 min
Jul 19, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford45 min
Jul 19, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York55 min
Jul 19, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork44 min
Jul 19, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Kennebec, Somerset57 min
Jul 19, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork50 min
Jul 19, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York45 min
Jul 20, 3:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York29 min
Jul 21, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford45 min
Jul 24, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox26 min
Jul 27, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook38 min
Jul 27, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset29 min
Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook51 min
Jul 27, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis50 min
Jul 28, 4:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork44 min
Jul 28, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington44 min
Jul 28, 6:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington29 min
Jul 28, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Kennebec25 min
Jul 28, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec1 min
Jul 28, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec42 min
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec42 min
Jul 28, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot45 min
Jul 28, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Sagadahoc47 min
Jul 28, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXWaldo38 min
Jul 28, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec46 min
Jul 28, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland42 min
Jul 28, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXWaldo48 min
Jul 28, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset39 min
Jul 28, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Somerset, Waldo30 min
Jul 28, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Somerset, Waldo52 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Lincoln, Waldo31 min
Jul 29, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec51 min
Jul 29, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Sagadahoc53 min
Jul 29, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Sagadahoc44 min
Jul 29, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland50 min
Jul 30, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset42 min
Aug 1, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis50 min
Aug 1, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis35 min
Aug 1, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot65 min
Aug 1, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis39 min
Aug 1, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset29 min
Aug 1, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis54 min
Aug 1, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook51 min
Aug 1, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Washington41 min
Aug 1, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington59 min
Aug 1, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo47 min
Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo54 min
Aug 1, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Washington47 min
Aug 1, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock39 min
Aug 1, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Waldo26 min
Aug 1, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARWashington48 min
Aug 1, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington44 min
Aug 3, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset48 min
Aug 3, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset43 min
Aug 3, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset51 min
Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset46 min
Aug 3, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis42 min
Aug 3, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook39 min
Aug 3, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook40 min
Aug 3, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset44 min
Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook38 min
Aug 3, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford44 min
Aug 3, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook66 min
Aug 3, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset61 min
Aug 3, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis64 min
Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset43 min
Aug 3, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York51 min
Aug 3, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset65 min
Aug 3, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis48 min
Aug 4, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Oxford55 min
Aug 4, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis48 min
Aug 4, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXFranklin, Somerset44 min
Aug 4, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis50 min
Aug 4, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset58 min
Aug 4, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis64 min
Aug 4, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford38 min
Aug 4, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook34 min
Aug 4, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford40 min
Aug 4, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork51 min
Aug 4, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot52 min
Aug 4, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork62 min
Aug 4, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset44 min
Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York57 min
Aug 4, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis55 min
Aug 4, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis50 min
Aug 4, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook49 min
Aug 4, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland45 min
Aug 4, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo39 min
Aug 4, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington63 min
Aug 4, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York51 min
Aug 4, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis45 min
Aug 4, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Somerset, Waldo60 min
Aug 4, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc22 min
Aug 4, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York47 min
Aug 4, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington66 min
Aug 4, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington46 min
Aug 4, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc20 min
Aug 4, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, York29 min
Aug 4, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington47 min
Aug 5, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Washington40 min
Aug 5, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington44 min
Aug 5, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Washington32 min
Aug 12, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford38 min
Aug 12, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Sagadahoc51 min
Aug 12, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc50 min
Aug 12, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKnox, Waldo50 min
Aug 15, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland42 min
Sep 3, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork22 min
Sep 3, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXKennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc43 min
Sep 3, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland, Oxford, York50 min
Sep 3, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork42 min
Sep 9, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook40 min
Sep 9, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook47 min
Sep 9, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis54 min
Sep 9, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis54 min
Sep 9, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook49 min
Sep 9, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis61 min
Sep 9, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook40 min
Oct 29, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis55 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20142016

Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.