Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
372 WWUS81 KGYX 240016 SPSGYX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 816 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 MEZ021-022-025>027-240100- Interior Waldo ME-Kennebec ME-Lincoln ME-Knox ME-Sagadahoc ME- 816 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN KENNEBEC...NORTHWESTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN WALDO...LINCOLN AND SAGADAHOC COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT... At 815 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Manchester to near Gardiner to near Topsham. Movement was east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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... Brunswick, Augusta, Bath, Gardiner, Damariscotta, Topsham, Wiscasset, China, Litchfield, Farmingdale, Bristol, Manchester, Hallowell, Georgetown, Liberty, Bremen, Palermo, Warren, Woolwich, and Winthrop. This includes the following highways... Interstate 295 between mile markers 30 and 51. Interstate 95 between mile markers 95 and 116. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southwestern Maine. && LAT...LON 4379 6953 4388 6989 4394 6986 4395 6987 4391 6993 4392 6995 4391 6998 4395 7002 4399 7005 4400 7003 4402 7004 4403 7002 4406 7002 4413 6994 4438 6997 4443 6932 4412 6922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 271DEG 36KT 4435 6988 4413 6982 4396 7006 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ HAT