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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
545 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023


MEC001-005-011-023-132215-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-230813T2215Z/
Kennebec ME-Androscoggin ME-Cumberland ME-Sagadahoc ME-
545 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KENNEBEC...SOUTHERN ANDROSCOGGIN...NORTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAGADAHOC COUNTIES...

At 544 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Litchfield to 7 miles east of Lewiston to Auburn,
moving east at 30 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...
Lewiston, Auburn, Mechanic Falls, Topsham, Litchfield, Winthrop,
Lisbon, Greene, Durham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Leeds, New Gloucester,
Wales, Monmouth, Sabattus, Poland, Richmond, Minot, and West
Gardiner.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 295 near mile marker 47.
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 69 and 99.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4401 6997 4395 7032 4407 7047 4415 7029
      4422 7016 4432 7001 4415 6983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 291DEG 24KT 4423 6993 4412 7003 4408 7027 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DS