#MEwx Severe Thunderstorm warning

National Weather Service Gray ME

3:13 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

Kennebec County in south central Maine...

  Northwestern Knox County in south central Maine...

  Western Waldo County in south central Maine...

  Southeastern Somerset County in west central Maine...

  Northeastern Lincoln County in south central Maine...

 

* Until 400 PM EDT.

 

* At 313 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

  extending from 6 miles northeast of Skowhegan to Winthrop, moving

  east at 45 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...

  Augusta, Waterville, Fairfield, Gardiner, Oakland, Skowhegan,

  Pittsfield, Thorndike, Madison, China, Clinton, Belgrade,

  Farmingdale, Manchester, Hallowell, Liberty, Palermo, Norridgewock,

  Winthrop and Unity.

 

This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 103 and 157.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

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

building.

 

If on or near lakes, get away from the water and move indoors or

inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles

from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close

enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not

be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

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LAT...LON 4415 6937 4426 7008 4493 6966 4495 6932

      4483 6928 4473 6927 4472 6925 4473 6920

      4464 6918 4466 6910

TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 283DEG 38KT 4484 6963 4428 7000

 

HAIL...1.00IN

WIND...60MPH

 

 

Technical header:

 

WUUS51 KGYX 191913

SVRGYX

MEC011-013-015-025-027-192000-

/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0020.210619T1913Z-210619T2000Z/

Source: NOAA/National Weather Service