#MEwx Severe Thunderstorm warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning statement as of 6:04 PM EDT on September 3, 2018

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

southwestern Kennebec County in south central Maine...

east central Oxford County in western Maine...

northeastern Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine...

* until 645 PM EDT.

* At 604 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Canton, or 9 miles north of Turner, moving southeast at 25 mph.

Hazard... 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

Source... radar indicated.

Impact... expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...

Turner, Litchfield, Belgrade, Livermore Falls, Manchester, Canton,

Winthrop, Greene, Leeds, Livermore, Buckfield, Hartford, Fayette,

Wales, Monmouth, Wayne, Readfield, Sumner, Sabattus and Sidney.

This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 88 and 90.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.

Lat... Lon 4410 7003 4436 7045 4449 7033 4447 7024

      4446 7024 4447 7022 4440 6981

time... Mot... loc 2204z 309deg 22kt 4438 7031

Hail... 0.88in

wind... 60mph

Kimble