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Event Details
| Event | Hail |
| Magnitude | 0.75 in. |
| State | MAINE |
| County/Area | SOMERSET |
| WFO | GYX |
| Begin Date | 08/16/2008 15:16:00 EST-5 |
| Begin Range | 1 |
| Begin Azimuth | SSE |
| Begin Location | MERCER BEECH FLD ARP |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 44.65/-69.89 |
| End Date | 08/16/2008 15:23:00 EST-5 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | An unusually deep upper level low pressure system swinging into the northeast on the 16th of August resulted in low freezing levels and weak upper flow. A strong vorticity maximum advecting into the area combined with marginal cape indices to fire off the initial convection. Terrain and potent outflow boundaries organized these initial cells into longer lived pulse type storms which quickly became numerous throughout the forecast area. Large hail was the main result of these storms with numerous reports of hail 1 inch or larger. Some flash flooding was reported due to multiple slow moving storms in Androscoggin County. |
| Event Narrative | A severe thunderstorm produced .75 inch hail near Mercer. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| UPTON | OXFORD CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 12:28 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| ANSON | SOMERSET CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:15 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| NORTH WINDHAM | CUMBERLAND CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:24 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WELLS | YORK CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:30 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| NEWHALL | CUMBERLAND CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:38 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WEST MINOT | ANDROSCOGGIN CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:45 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MECHANIC FALLS | ANDROSCOGGIN CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:45 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| NEW SHARON | FRANKLIN CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:48 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WEST LEBANON | YORK CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:52 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| NEWHALL | CUMBERLAND CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 14:56 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SHAPLEIGH | YORK CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 15:05 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| MERCER BEECH FLD ARP | SOMERSET CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 15:16 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| NEWHALL | CUMBERLAND CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 15:29 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| GORHAM | CUMBERLAND CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 15:36 | EST-5 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WEST SCARBOROUGH | CUMBERLAND CO. | ME | 08/16/2008 | 16:01 | EST-5 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
