#MEwx Severe Thunderstorm Warning now in effect

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

West central Kennebec County in south central Maine... East central Oxford County in western Maine...

Northeastern Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine... South central Franklin County in western Maine...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 638 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rumford,

moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...

Rumford, Turner, Jay, Livermore Falls, Dixfield, Canton, Mexico,

Leeds, Livermore, Chesterville, Hartford, Fayette, Woodstock,

Wayne, Sumner, Peru, Milton, Mount Vernon and Vienna.

This also includes...

Mount Zircon.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

building.

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