#MEwx Special Weather Statement now in effect

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Gray ME

12:21 PM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN KENNEBEC...

SOUTHEASTERN OXFORD AND ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTIES...

At 1220 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Mechanic

Falls, moving northeast at 60 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this

storm.

Locations impacted include...

Lewiston, Gardiner, Mechanic Falls, Turner, Litchfield, Livermore

Falls, Farmingdale, Manchester, Hallowell, Winthrop, Greene,

Harrison, Leeds, Livermore, Buckfield, Hebron, Hartford, Fayette,

Wales and Otisfield.

This includes the following highways...

Interstate 295 between mile markers 49 and 51.

Interstate 95 between mile markers 79 and 80, and between mile

markers 85 and 105.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4419 6973 4416 6983 4417 6986 4415 6988

4400 7043 4404 7050 4404 7051 4401 7054

4402 7054 4411 7060 4413 7059 4416 7061

4449 7005

TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 237DEG 61KT 4413 7045

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