#MEwx Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Gray ME

8:52 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Kennebec, southeastern Oxford and Androscoggin Counties through 9:15 AM EDT.

At 8:51 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over

Mechanic Falls, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...

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

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

Bowdoin, Leeds, Buckfield, Hebron, Fayette, Wales, Otisfield and

Sabattus.

This includes the following highways...

Interstate 295 between mile markers 49 and 51.

Interstate 95 between mile markers 74 and 105.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to

localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded

roadways.