An isolated severe thunderstorm in Stratham New Hampshire produced wind damage at a local farm.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm in Stratham New Hampshire produced wind damage at a local farm.
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 Sep 8, 1:52 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 252 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA...BEFORE RETURNING TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY. THE FRONT THAT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MAINE LATE SUNDAY BECOMES QUASISTATIONARY THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH SO LOTS OF CLOUDS AND THE CHC OF SHOWERS EXPECTED. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING A MORE SIG COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE AND PUSHES A DRIER CANADIAN AIR MASS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS DURING THIS HIGH INSTABILITY...BUT UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND EVENT. THE MOST LIKELY THREAT IN ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BRIEFLY LOWER TONIGHT...BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN TOWARDS MORNING. PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL WINDS SWITCH TO THE NORTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY/... SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY AS FRONT RETURNS TO THE NORTH DURING THE DAY. REMAINS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL LIKELY FOLLOW THIS FRONT. HPC QUANTITATIVE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY LOOKS REASONABLE AND HAVE INCREASED OUR GRIDS TO SHOW 3/4 INCH TO JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THIS PERIOD IN A FEW LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINS. BLEND OF MAV/MET TEMPERATURES ACCEPTED. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE FRONT THAT STALLS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MAINE LATE SUNDAY BECOMES QUASISTATIONARY THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH SO LOTS OF CLOUDS AND THE CHC OF SHOWERS EXPECTED. SOME DRIZZLE AND FOG ALSO EXPECTED TO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS RATHER HUMID CONDITIONS REMAINS OVER THE AREA. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING A MORE SIG COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE AND PUSHES A DRIER CANADIAN AIR MASS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. SEEMS GFS MODEL LOOKS BEST. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT...WITH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG CONTINUES ON SUNDAY. IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT THRU MON NIGHT THEN SOME IMPROVEMENT TOWARD TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY VFR CONDS RETURN. && .MARINE... WILL DISCONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AS WINDS/SEAS REMAIN JUST BELOW THIS CRITERIA. PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WATERS TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. SHWRS FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WATERS SUN NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THRU TUES NIGHT AS A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WITH A LIGHT PRES GRADIENT REMAINS IN THE VICINTY OF THE WATERS THRU TUES. BY WED MRNG A BRIEFLY STG NWLY FLOW DVLPS AND MAY REACH SCA CRITERIA CONDS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATE WED AS HGIH PRES SETTLES OVER THE AREA FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1219 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ANZ150-MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-091630- STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-NORTHERN OXFORD- NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC- LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL- SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 1219 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 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 A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WESTERN MAINE (EXCEPT FOR THE MOUNTAINS) AND FOR MUCH NEW HAMPSHIRE (EXCEPT FOR COOS COUNTY). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN THEIR REPORTS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 220 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 NHZ008-009-081900- BELKNAP-MERRIMACK- 220 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY AND MERRIMACK COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 220 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SANBORNTON...FRANKLIN...TILTON...TILTON-NORTHFIELD...NORTHFIELD... LACONIA...BELMONT...GILFORD...GILMANTON AND ALTON THROUGH 300 PM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. APFFEL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 255 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 MEZ018-023-NHZ010-081945- COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR YORK-STRAFFORD- 255 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT STRAFFORD COUNTY AND YORK COUNTY THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 10 MILES WEST OF FARMINGTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND MIDDLETON... BARRINGTON...FARMINGTON...ROCHESTER...MILTON...DOVER...BERWICK... SOMERSWORTH...LEBANON AND ROLLINSFORD THROUGH 345 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. APFFEL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 345 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 MEZ027-028-082030- COASTAL WALDO-KNOX- 345 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WALDO COUNTY AND KNOX COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 345 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES WEST OF UNION...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON...UNION... APPLETON...WARREN...SEARSMONT...HOPE...ROCKPORT...NORTHPORT... LINCOLNVILLE AND CAMDEN THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. APFFEL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 348 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 MEZ018-023-082030- COASTAL YORK-INTERIOR YORK- 348 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT YORK COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 348 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ONE NEAR SOUTH BERWICK...AND THE OTHER NEAR LIMERICK. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH...MOVING INTO NORTH BERWICK...AND OGUNQUIT THROUGH 430 PM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. APFFEL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 428 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 NHZ013-014-082130- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- 428 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ROCKINGHAM COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT... AT 428 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING INTO ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS NEAR NORTH HAMPTON...HAMPSTEAD...PLAISTOW...AND LONDONDERRY THROUGH 530 PM. EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AS THIS WEATHER MOVES THROUGH. APFFEL
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm downed trees at Scammen Farm in Stratham.
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