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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
749 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

MEZ019-020-024-025-070045-
Androscoggin ME-Central Interior Cumberland ME-Coastal Cumberland ME-
Sagadahoc ME-
749 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ANDROSCOGGIN...EAST
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND WEST CENTRAL SAGADAHOC COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM
EDT...

At 748 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gray, or 11 miles south of 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, Bath, Topsham, Cumberland, Freeport,
Gray, Yarmouth, Lisbon, Harpswell, Durham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham,
Chebeague Island, New Gloucester, Pownal, North Yarmouth, and West
Bath.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 295 between mile markers 16 and 38.
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 60 and 65.

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.

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LAT...LON 4384 7037 4401 7030 4404 6984 4370 6992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 278DEG 18KT 4392 7025

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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