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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
426 PM EDT FRI SEP 8 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...
SOUTHERN SAGADAHOC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.
* AT 425 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEBANON TO KENNEBUNK TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KENNEBUNKPORT, MOVING NORTH AT 40 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...
PORTLAND, SOUTH PORTLAND, AUBURN, BIDDEFORD, BRUNSWICK, WESTBROOK,
ALFRED, SANFORD, NAPLES, CUMBERLAND, SACO, GORHAM, FALMOUTH,
KENNEBUNK, CAPE ELIZABETH, BUXTON, FREEPORT, GRAY, LEBANON, AND
HOLLIS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 295 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 25.
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 73.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES...
SEBAGO LAKE, FORTUNES ROCK BEACH, HIGGINS BEACH, CRESCENT BEACH
STATE PARK, AND SCARBOROUGH BEACH STATE PARK.
PEAKS ISLAND, LONG ISLAND, CUSHING ISLAND, COUSINS ISLAND, AND
BAILEY ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4336 7060 4338 7099 4379 7096 4381 7079
4386 7080 4388 7075 4392 7075 4399 7036
4403 7030 4370 6973 4366 6984 4368 6999
4363 7000 4357 7010 4358 7016 4351 7020
4349 7033 4342 7030 4333 7039 4331 7047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 200DEG 33KT 4342 7095 4341 7057 4328 7032
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
DS
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