Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Portland, ME

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
602 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Casco Bay...
  Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out
  25 NM...
  Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25
  NM...
  Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM...
  Waters from Cape Elizabeth ME to Merrimack River MA from 25 to 40
  nm...
  Waters from Port Clyde ME to Cape Elizabeth ME from 25 to 40 nm...
  Waters from Stonington ME to Port Clyde ME from 25 to 40 nm...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 602 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 12 nm southwest of Rockland to near Portland, moving
  southeast at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Portland, Criehaven, Monhegan, Harpswell, Old Orchard Beach, Cape
  Elizabeth, Boothbay, Saint George, Chebeague Island, Kennebunkport,
  York, Freeport, Hampton, and Wells.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 4323 7061 4333 7059 4337 7048 4344 7040
      4358 7039 4359 7024 4362 7033 4366 7034
      4381 7020 4397 6963 4395 6963 4400 6952
      4393 6951 4401 6946 4406 6925 4361 6851
      4287 7084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 311DEG 25KT 4395 6927 4375 7021

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS

$$

Palmer