Special Weather Statement
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
413 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024

MEZ007-008-NHZ001-002-142100-
Northern Oxford ME-Northern Franklin ME-Northern Coos NH-
Southern Coos NH-
413 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OXFORD...WEST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL COOS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Dixville, or 9 miles southeast of Colebrook, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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...
Colebrook, Rangeley, Errol, Stratford, Dixville, Weld, Pittsburg,
Columbia, Clarksville, Magalloway Plantation, Adamstown,
Richardsontown, Stewartstown, Davis, Parkertown, Lincoln Plantation,
Rangeley Plantation, Lower Cupsuptic, Wentworth Location, and
Stetsontown.

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 4479 7157 4482 7158 4484 7155 4486 7155
      4491 7150 4493 7151 4494 7152 4515 7072
      4482 7063 4466 7158 4470 7160 4477 7160
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 251DEG 25KT 4480 7127

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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