A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage in Somerset County.
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A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage in Somerset County.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 13, 2:55 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 355 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A SUCCESSION OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL TRAVERSE THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL SLIDE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING AFTER DARK. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWS ON SATURDAY...THEN ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION SUNDAY. ANOTHER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ON MONDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... COOL UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. OTHERWISE CLEARING OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SWIFTLY MOVING IN. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/... NEXT UPSTREAM SYSTEM BEGINS APPROACHING THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A WARM FRONT JUST WEST OF NEW ENGLAND BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING WARM FRONT. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE FAST NORTHERN STREAM REMAINS THE MAIN INFLUENCE FOR THE LONGER TERM...AS SHORT WAVES DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND EVERY 36 TO 48 HOURS. EACH SHORT WAVE WILL BRING A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SINCE THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN NEAR THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE NORTHERN STREAM...THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND TUESDAY MAY HAVE ACCESS TO ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE. THE PATTERN REMAINS MORE OR LESS IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THE GFS IS MUCH FASTER BREAKING THE PATTERN AS THE BLOCKING IN NORTHERN ASIA RETREATS. THE ECMWF IS MUCH SLOWER WITH THE BREAK... AND GIVEN THE STABILITY OF THE PATTERN SO FAR...THIS MAY BE CLOSER TO THE TRUTH...AND THE PATTERN MAY LAST THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. MODELS BRING THE WARM FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR...AND THE LACK OF A STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER AHEAD OF IT...THE WARM FRONT SHOULD GET THROUGH...POSSIBLY GET HUNG UP ACROSS THE MID COAST. THE SHOWER CHANCES HAVE BEEN GRADUATED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR THIS TYPE OF PATTERN. THUNDER WAS ALSO MENTION AS MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW ELEVATED CONVECTION. FOG WAS MENTIONED NEAR THE COAST...AND COULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN CURRENTLY ADVERTISED...SHOULD THE ONSHORE FLOW BECOME STRONGER. THIS WOULD ALLOW WARMER DEW POINTS TO STREAM IN OVER THE COLDER SEA SURFACE. LOWS WERE PATTERNED AFTER THE WARMER NAM MOS NUMBERS...AS THE GFS SEEMED TOO COOL IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN. JUST HOW FAST THE CLOUDS BREAK IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION SUNDAY WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE CONVECTION LATER SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CREATE STRONG TURNING IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. IN ADDITION...MODELS INDICATE MODERATE INSTABILITY JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION RAISES THE SPECTER OF SUPER CELLS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTH. OF COURSE...THIS IS CONTINGENT ON INSTABILITY BEING IN PLACE. FOR NOW...NO ENHANCED WORDING HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE FORECAST...BUT LATER FORECASTS MAY HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS. A BLEND OF MOS NUMBERS WAS USED FOR HIGHS...AS THE AMOUNT OF SUN IS IN QUESTION. THE GFS IS MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SURFACE FRONT SUNDAY EVENING THAN THE NAM. THE NAM SCENARIO SHOWS A WAVE DEVELOPING ON THE FRONT AS THE MID LEVEL FLOW GOES PARALLEL TO IT. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN NEAR THE FRONT AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES STAY NEAR 2 INCHES. HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE MORE PROGRESSIVE GFS NUMBERS FOR NOW. LOWS WERE BASED ON A BLEND OF MOS NUMBERS. AFTER A DRY MONDAY...THE NEXT WARM FRONT IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT TUESDAY. THE GFS IS MUCH FASTER WITH THE FRONT TUESDAY MORNING THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS SITUATION LOOKS SIMILAR TO SUNDAY...SO THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS DAY AS WELL. A TROUGH IN THE FLOW MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY DRIER WEATHER FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR THIS EVENING EXCEPT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE VFR OVERNIGHT WITH NO RADIATION FOG EXPECTED. CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS FOR PWM...AUG AND POSSIBLY PSM SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE MOIST AND WARMER FLOW OVER THE COLDER OCEAN. THIS WOULD BREAK BETWEEN 13Z AND 16Z SUNDAY. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER SUNDAY. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM...SEAS BUILD ON SATURDAY IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA. IN THE LONGER TERM...WINDS LOOK TO INCREASE TO JUST BELOW SMALL CRAFT LEVELS SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE WARM FRONT. THE DEPTH OF THE MIXED LAYER STAYS LOW IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION SUNDAY...BUT THERE MAY BE JUST ENOUGH MIXING FOR SMALL CRAFT WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. SEAS SHOULD INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT LEVELS SUNDAY MORNING IN THE INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FETCH. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE DROPPING BACK BELOW 5 FEET MONDAY MORNING. AFTER THIS...WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT LEVELS INTO WEDNESDAY. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && NEAR AND SHORT TERM...ST.JEAN LONG TERM...HAYES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1114 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001>004-141515- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL- 1114 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANZ150-170-MEZ018>028-NHZ005>010-013-014-141515- STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- WATERS FROM STONINGTON (DEER ISLE) ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA FROM 25 TO 40 NM-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC- INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN- KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 1114 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR...WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 331 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 MEZ014-021-132015- KENNEBEC-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- 331 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT KENNEBEC COUNTY AND SOMERSET COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 331 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF SKOWHEGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CORNVILLE...ATHENS...CANAAN... PITTSFIELD...HARTLAND...HARMONY...SAINT ALBANS...PALMYRA AND CAMBRIDGE THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HAYES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 359 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 MEZ014-021-022-132045- INTERIOR WALDO-KENNEBEC-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- 359 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT KENNEBEC COUNTY...SOMERSET COUNTY AND WALDO COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURNHAM...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND CLINTON...BURNHAM AND PITTSFIELD THROUGH 445 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HAYES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 416 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 MEZ008-009-132115- CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN FRANKLIN- 416 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOMERSET COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 416 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EUSTIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND STRATTON...EUSTIS... FLAGSTAFF LAKE...CARATUNK...THE FORKS AND LAKE MOXIE THROUGH 515 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HAYES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 425 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 MEZ008-009-013-014-132130- CENTRAL SOMERSET-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET- 425 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOMERSET COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF RUMFORD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WELD...MADRID...PHILLIPS...AVON...STRONG...SALEM...NEW PORTLAND...KINGFIELD...SOLON AND EMBDEN THROUGH 530 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HAYES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 501 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 MEZ008-013-132145- NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- 501 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 501 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF FARMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WELD...TEMPLE... FARMINGTON...AVON...STRONG AND NEW VINEYARD THROUGH 545 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HAYES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 511 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 MEZ012-013-132215- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD- 511 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 511 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF RUMFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WEST PARIS... SUMNER...MILTON...HARTFORD...RUMFORD...MEXICO...CANTON...PERU... DIXFIELD AND JAY THROUGH 615 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HAYES
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm downed a large tree on Carrabasset Road.
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