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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
183 WWUS81 KGYX 062349 SPSGYX 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. && 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 $$ HAT