A large Bermuda High anchored off the east coast created a very hot and moist southwest flow into New England on the 5th of July. Isolated air mass type thunderstorms developed during the evening hours.
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The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
A large Bermuda High anchored off the east coast created a very hot and moist southwest flow into New England on the 5th of July. Isolated air mass type thunderstorms developed during the evening hours. One of these storms became severe downing numerous trees in a Freeport campground.
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 5, 2:52 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 352 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 .SYNOPSIS... BERMUDA HIGH PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES NEW ENGLAND. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL BACK TO SEASONABLE SUMMERTIME READINGS NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... A HOT AND HUMID AIR MASS CONTINUES ACROSS THE CWA THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH 3 PM AND COVERAGE SHOULD INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE SOME MOVING FORWARD INTO LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ISOLD SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE A BIT OVERNIGHT BUT WITH A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE MID LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC...A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT PERHAPS NOT QUITE AS HUMID AS IT IS FRIDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLEAR SATURDAY NIGHT...WARM AND MUGGY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ANOTHER HOT DAY ON SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED WARM DEW POINT TEMPERATURES BEFORE THE WESTERLIES BEGIN TO SAG OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AHEAD OF A SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES BUT CONTINUED HIGH HUMIDITY. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE SOME MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN THE DETAILS COME MIDWEEK, BUT IT APPEARS A DRIER TREND IS IN ORDER WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING AROUND CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS (UPPER 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO MID 80S ON THE COASTAL PLAIN) WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...MOSTLY VFR BUT A FEW POCKETS OF LOWER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN LATE NIGHT FOG/HZ. LONG TERM...VFR THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT EXCEPT FOR MVFR/IFR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THEN MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD STAY BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE LOCAL VSBY REDUCTIONS IN FOG AND HAZE. LONG TERM...WAVES REMAIN LESS THAN 3 FT FOR MOST OF THE EXTENDED WITH WEAK W OR SW WINDS THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 308 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-060715- 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- 308 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAINING STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ150>154-060715- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 308 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
553 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
MEZ019-020-052230-
ANDROSCOGGIN-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-
553 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 553 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER NAPLES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SEBAGO...BIG
BASIN...SEBAGO LAKE STATE PARK...NAPLES...CASCO...JORDAN BAY...FRYE
ISLAND...RAYMOND...NORTH WINDHAM AND RANGE PONDS STATE PARK THROUGH
630 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXCESSIVE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THREATENING WEATHER
PASSES.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MORE THAN 5
MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4392 7075 4393 7073 4394 7075 4403 7067
4403 7060 4401 7058 4401 7054 4404 7051
4404 7049 4402 7047 4404 7047 4404 7026
4377 7038
LEGROSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
630 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
MEZ019-020-024-025-052300-
ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
630 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...SAGADAHOC
COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 629 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES NORTH OF GRAY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NORTH WINDHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND JORDAN BAY...RAYMOND...
NORTH WINDHAM...NEW GLOUCESTER...GRAY...CUMBERLAND...NORTH
YARMOUTH...BRADBURY MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...POWNAL AND DURHAM THROUGH
700 PM EDT.
HAIL UP TO HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MORE THAN 5
MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4371 7017 4373 7016 4372 7018 4388 7058
4403 7040 4397 6990 4384 7003 4378 7007
4377 7011 4376 7010 4370 7015
LEGROSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
704 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
MEZ019-020-024-025-052330-
ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
704 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY...SAGADAHOC
COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 704 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER WOLFES NECK WOODS STATE PARK...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRUNSWICK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND WOLFES NECK
WOODS STATE PARK...LITTLE JOHN ISLAND...DURHAM...COUSINS ISLAND...
CLIFF ISLAND...CHEBEAGUE ISLAND...YARMOUTH...TOPSHAM...NORTH YARMOUTH
AND LISBON FALLS THROUGH 730 PM EDT.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THREATENING WEATHER
PASSES.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MORE THAN 5
MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4370 6975 4372 6976 4369 6985 4376 6992
4374 6996 4371 6992 4371 7011 4366 7003
4369 7013 4366 7016 4368 7021 4373 7017
4369 7023 4377 7043 4387 7020 4401 7011
4398 6972 4388 6974 4381 6969
LEGROThe Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm downed 75 to 100 trees at Recompence Campground in Freeport. Several cars and campers were damaged by the falling trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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