#MEwx Severe Thunderstorm Warning now in effect

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

National Weather Service Gray ME

1:21 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

  Southwestern Kennebec County in south central Maine...

  Southeastern Oxford County in western Maine...

  Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine...

  North central Cumberland County in southwestern Maine...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 1:21 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

  extending from near Jay to 7 miles south of Canton to 9 miles north

  of Waterford, moving southeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...

  Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Gardiner, Mechanic Falls, Turner,

  Litchfield, Belgrade, Livermore Falls, Farmingdale, Manchester,

  Hallowell, Canton, Winthrop, Waterford, Lisbon, Greene, Bowdoin,

  Harrison, and Chelsea.

This includes the following highways...

 Interstate 295 near mile marker 51.

 Interstate 95 between mile markers 75 and 114.

This also includes...

  Crocker Hill, Streaked Mountain, and Singepole Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

building.

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LAT...LON 4412 6995 4412 7000 4408 7002 4403 7010

      4404 7051 4402 7059 4412 7059 4417 7063

      4414 7068 4437 7079 4444 7038 4451 7028

      4450 7025 4446 7024 4448 7019 4449 7004

      4451 7003 4453 7007 4459 7002 4428 6967

TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 335DEG 48KT 4454 7013 4436 7035 4432 7066

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH