#MEwx Special Weather Statement, Thunderstorm

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Gray ME

3:36 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL KENNEBEC...

NORTHEASTERN ANDROSCOGGIN AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH

4:00 PM EDT...

At 3:36 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near

Livermore Falls, or 9 miles northeast of Turner, moving east at 25

mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...

Turner, Jay, Belgrade, Livermore Falls, Manchester, Canton, Winthrop,

Leeds, Livermore, Chesterville, Fayette, Wayne, Mount Vernon,

Readfield, Vienna, and Rome.

 

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.

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LAT...LON 4433 7023 4449 7027 4455 6990 4432 6984

TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 268DEG 24KT 4439 7017

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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