A weak cold front produced some scattered convection as it dropped south through the region. One isolated cell became severe producing damaging winds in Belknap County.
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A weak cold front produced some scattered convection as it dropped south through the region. One isolated cell became severe producing damaging winds in Belknap 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 Aug 5, 7:06 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 806 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST OFF THE COAST TONIGHT. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES IN ON WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL THEN PRODUCE SCATTERED DAYTIME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH MAINLY CLEAR CONDITIONS AND A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... 800 PM UPDATE...UPDATED POP BASED ON CURRENT RADAR AND ALSO MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND TRENDS. 630 PM UPDATE: SCT SHWRS/TSTMS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS FCST. ONLY TWEAKS WERE TO SKY COVER. POPS/WX/TEMPS LOOKS GOOD ATTM. PREV DISC: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT SCT SHWRS/TSTMS ARE EXPECTED. LATER TONIGHT THE CONVECTION WILL COME TO AN END AS THE FRONT PUSHES OFFSHORE AND A NWLY FLOW DEVELOPS. ALL MODELS GENERALLY AGREE ON TIMING OF THE FROPA. TEMPS AND POPS DERIVED BY A BLEND OF MODELS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... THE UPPER TROUGH WITH ITS CYCLONIC FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION WED WITH ANOTHER IMPULSE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW IN THE AFTN ACROSS SRN AREAS. THIS WILL CAUSE WDLY SCT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN IN THE AFTN AND INTO THE EVENING OVER SRN AREAS DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE DIURNAL HEATING ALLOWING AFTN LAPSE RATES TO STEEPEN. BY LATER IN THE EVENING ANY CONVECTION WILL QUICKLY COME TO AN END. MAX TEMPS WILL BE MID 70S TO AROUND 80. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE COOL WITH TEMPS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AMPLIFIED 500MB TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NE THU AND FRI. THE COLD POOL ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING...WILL PRODUCE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS BOTH THU AND FRI AND WILL PRODUCE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS...AND PERHAPS A FEW TSRA. THURSDAY WILL SEE A BETTER CHC OF SEEING ANY SHRA/TSRA...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE COAST. AS THE TROUGH LIFTS NE ON FRI...THE BEST CHC FOR ANY SHRA WILL BE IN THE NRN AND ERN ZONES. IT WILL BE LESS HUMID WITH DAYTIME HIGHS MID 70S TO AROUND 80...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S. DECENT RIDGING BUILDS AT 500 MB THOUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY...WITH SFC RIDGE MOVING ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE WEEKEND AND SLIDING OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL MAKE FOR A FAIR PERIOD WITH GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPS. AS THE SFC HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD...LOOK FOR A MAINLY SUNNY WEEKEND WITH HIGHS AROUND 80 AND LOWS IN THE MID 50S TO NEAR 60. WHEN THE HIGH SHIFTS OFFSHORE MON AND TUE...THE SW RETURN FLOW WILL BRING IN WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY 80 TO 85 AND TDS CLIMBING INTO THE LOW 60S. THE NEXT CHC OF SHRA/TSRA WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL TUE NIGHT OR WED AS WEAK 500 MB TROUGH MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SHORT TERM...VFR CONDS BUT SCT SHWRS/ISOLD TSTMS DEVELOP GIVING POTENTIAL TO BRIEFLY LWRG CONDS AT TIMES TO MVFR/IFR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT FROPA OCCURS WITH CLEARING BEHIND THE FRONT. ON WED AN UPPER TROF AXIS REMAINS OVER THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE WDLY SCT AFTN/EARLY EVNG SHWRS/TSTMS OVER SRN AREAS. LONG TERM...MAINLY VFR...EXCEPT FOR VLY FOG...WHICH WILL BE POSSIBLE THU NIGHT THRU SAT NIGHT. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM... WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WITH WEAK COLD FRONTS MOVING THRU KEEPING WINDS AND SEAS BELOW SCA LEVELS. LONG TERM...WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN COMFORTABLY BLO SAC LVLS RIGHT THRU THE WEEKEND. && .GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...KISTNER SHORT TERM...KISTNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 306 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-061000- 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- 306 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ150>154-061000- 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- 306 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 632 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 MEZ007-NHZ002-052300- NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN COOS- 632 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND COOS COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM EDT... AT 632 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES EAST OF MILAN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF BERLIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND MILAN AND GRAFTON NOTCH STATE PARK THROUGH 700 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS... EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 4468 7090 4447 7089 4449 7122 4463 7122 KIMBLE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
721 PM EDT TUE AUG 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE OXFORD 44.11N 70.48W
08/05/2014 OXFORD ME SOCIAL MEDIA
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON RABBIT VALLEY ROAD AND ON KING
STREET.
&&
EVENT NUMBER GYX1400195
MPKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
734 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
MEZ007-008-012-013-060000-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
734 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY
THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 734 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
SOUTH ARM TO HANOVER TO LOCKE MILLS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
19 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUMFORD TO 9 MILES WEST OF RUMFORD TO 3 MILES
EAST OF BETHEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND NEWRY...BETHEL...SOUTH
ARM...LOCKE MILLS...HANOVER...ANDOVER...BRYANT
POND...MILTON...ROXBURY AND BYRON THROUGH 800 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 4485 7062 4464 7048 4441 7048 4433 7082
4453 7083 4472 7094
KIMBLESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 805 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NHZ008>010-060030- BELKNAP-MERRIMACK-STRAFFORD- 805 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELKNAP COUNTY...STRAFFORD COUNTY AND MERRIMACK COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 805 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GILMANTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LACONIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND PITTSFIELD... GILMANTON...BARNSTEAD...CENTER BARNSTEAD...ALTON BAY...STRAFFORD... NEW DURHAM AND ALTON THROUGH 830 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS... EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 4355 7116 4331 7110 4329 7143 4346 7148 KIMBLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 807 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 MEZ007-008-012-013-060030- NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD- 807 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 807 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BYRON TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERU...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF RANGELEY TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUMFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND RUMFORD...ROXBURY... MEXICO...BYRON...DIXFIELD...PERU...CARTHAGE...MOUNT BLUE STATE PARK...WELD AND JAY THROUGH 830 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LAT...LON 4489 7050 4449 7020 4439 7051 4481 7081 KIMBLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 825 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 MEZ012-060100- SOUTHERN OXFORD- 825 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OXFORD COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EDT... AT 826 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST PARIS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND PARIS...WEST PARIS...SUMNER AND BUCKFIELD THROUGH 900 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER...HEAVY DOWNPOURS... EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. LAT...LON 4442 7037 4426 7032 4426 7061 4434 7062 KIMBLE
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm downed trees and wires in Center Barnstead.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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