#MEwxThunderstorm alert

National Weather Service Gray ME

5:05 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2018

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL KENNEBEC...SOUTHWESTERN KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN ANDROSCOGGIN...LINCOLN...

EAST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND SAGADAHOC COUNTIES...

At 5:05 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of Damariscotta to 7 miles northwest of Topsham. Movement was southeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...

Lewiston, Brunswick, Bath, Gardiner, Damariscotta, Topsham, Wiscasset, Freeport, Litchfield, Bristol, Georgetown, Bremen, Woolwich, Lisbon, Harpswell, Durham, Boothbay, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Jefferson.

This includes the following highways...

Interstate 295 between mile markers 24 and 47.

Interstate 95 near mile marker 82.

This also includes...

Reid State Park, Popham Beach State Park, and Pemaquid Beach.

Orrs Island, Burnt Island, Metinic Island, Friendship Long Island, and Cranberry Island.