450  
WWUS81 KGYX 031539  
SPSGYX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
1139 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2025  
 
NHZ006-008>010-012-013-015-031615-  
MERRIMACK NH-BELKNAP NH-STRAFFORD NH-  
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-SOUTHERN CARROLL NH-  
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-  
1139 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2025  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM  
 
STRAFFORD...NORTH CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH...BELKNAP...SOUTHEASTERN  
MERRIMACK AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EDT...  
 
AT 1138 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TAMWORTH TO WEARE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NOTTINGHAM, BELMONT, TUFTONBORO, FREEDOM, PEMBROKE, CANDIA,  
DEERFIELD, MOULTONBOROUGH, LACONIA, STRAFFORD, ROCHESTER,  
SOMERSWORTH, EFFINGHAM, BOW, TILTON, WOLFEBORO, NEW DURHAM,  
DUNBARTON, OSSIPEE, AND DURHAM.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 11.  
INTERSTATE 93 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 58.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE  
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO  
10 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.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR  
WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MAINE...AND CENTRAL, NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN  
NEW HAMPSHIRE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4304 7182 4388 7136 4390 7099 4357 7097  
4355 7095 4339 7099 4334 7096 4334 7093  
4329 7091 4324 7081 4312 7082 4313 7086  
4309 7086 4309 7090 4307 7091  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 272DEG 19KT 4381 7131 4310 7170  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
ARNOTT  
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