#MEwx upgraded to Severe Thunderstorm Warning

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Kennebec County in south central Maine...
Southeastern Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine...
Southwestern Lincoln County in south central Maine...
East central Cumberland County in southwestern Maine...
Sagadahoc County in south central Maine...
* Until 200 PM EDT.
* At 115 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northwest of Topsham to near Freeport,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lewiston, Brunswick, Bath, Damariscotta, Topsham, Wiscasset,
Freeport, Bristol, Georgetown, Woolwich, Yarmouth, Lisbon,
Harpswell, Durham, Boothbay, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Jefferson,
Dresden and Edgecomb.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 295 between mile markers 20 and 44.
Interstate 95 near mile marker 82.
This also includes...
Pemaquid Beach.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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