Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 27, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
945 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THIS WILL BE THE LAST OF THE THRIPLE H DAYS. PREV FCST ON TRACK SO
NO UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED. ATMS UNSTABLE WITH DEWPTS IN THE LOWER
70S. AS PREV FCSTR MENTIONED LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE WET MICRO BURST
TYPE STORMS AS WE ARE IN A VERY LOW SHEARING ENVIRONMENT HOWEVER ALL
OTHER CRITERIA APPEAR TO BE AVBL AFTER GOING THRU THE SVR WX CHECK
LIST. FRONT MOVES THRU ARND 00Z THEN MUCH LESS HUMID AIR WITH DEWPTS
ABT 20 DEGREES LOWER SAT AND WARM NOT HOT. INCREASING HUMIDITY ON
SUN AHD OF THE NEXT SYS WHICH WILL GO THRU MON.

.GYX...NONE.

TFH

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
350 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE
AND NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS PLACED NORTHERN...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE IN A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SPARKING
SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING IF THUNDERSTORMS BECOME SEVERE.

HAYES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
208 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE.  AT 200 PM TWO LINES OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR.

THE STRONGEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN TIP OF BELKNAP COUNTY
SOUTHWARD TO WESTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.  THE OTHER LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY
SOUTHWESTWARD TO WEST CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY.

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
HEAVY RAIN.  WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SJC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
227 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN
AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS
AFTERNOON.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STORMS
MOVING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE AND ANOTHER LINE OF
STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IN BETWEEN THESE LINES OF STORMS INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE
QUICKLY FORMING OVER SOUTHWEST MAINE WITH INDICATIONS THAT THE TWO
LINES WOULD FILL IN TO FORM ONE LARGE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY
RAIN.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE LIVING...TRAVELLING OR VACATIONING IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
MAINE AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE...AS WELL AS THE
COASTAL WATERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE...SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.  HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER AT THE
FIRST SIGN OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS.  THIS AREA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING.

SJC