Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
366 WWUS81 KGYX 062243 SPSGYX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 643 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024 MEZ019-020-024-025-062330- Androscoggin ME-Central Interior Cumberland ME-Coastal Cumberland ME- Sagadahoc ME- 643 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN ANDROSCOGGIN... NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAGADAHOC COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... At 642 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Auburn, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lewiston, Auburn, Brunswick, Topsham, Freeport, Lisbon, Durham, Bowdoin, Sabattus, Poland, New Gloucester, and Minot. This includes the following highways... Interstate 295 between mile markers 25 and 30. Interstate 95 between mile markers 72 and 87. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4403 7039 4412 7031 4410 6990 4387 7002 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 286DEG 20KT 4406 7028 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ HAT