Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
557 WWUS51 KGYX 232116 RRA SVSGYX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 516 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 NHC001-013-232200- /O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-240623T2200Z/ Belknap NH-Merrimack NH- 516 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELKNAP AND CENTRAL MERRIMACK COUNTIES... At 516 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Canterbury, or 7 miles southeast of Franklin, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Laconia, Franklin, Loudon, Barnstead, Gilmanton, Canterbury, Belmont, Gilford, Boscawen, Andover, Tilton, Salisbury, Northfield, Pittsfield, Webster, and Sanbornton. This includes Interstate 93 between mile markers 49 and 59. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for central New Hampshire. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4334 7178 4344 7179 4355 7135 4333 7131 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 259DEG 38KT 4338 7156 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ ARNOTT