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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
342 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025


MEC001-007-011-017-172015-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-250717T2015Z/
Kennebec ME-Oxford ME-Androscoggin ME-Franklin ME-
342 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL KENNEBEC...EAST CENTRAL OXFORD...NORTH CENTRAL
ANDROSCOGGIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

At 341 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Canton, or 9
miles north of Turner, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Jay, Livermore, Fayette, Livermore Falls, Town Of Washington, Mount
Vernon, Dixfield, Sumner, Hartford, Canton, Wilton, Peru,
Chesterville, Perkins, Wayne, Turner, Readfield, Buckfield, Carthage,
and Leeds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4428 7028 4439 7048 4465 7035 4444 6988
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 221DEG 32KT 4441 7028 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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