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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
324 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2025
MEZ007-008-032000-
NORTHERN OXFORD ME-NORTHERN FRANKLIN ME-
324 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL OXFORD AND WEST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANGELEY, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
MAGALLOWAY PLANTATION, ADAMSTOWN, RICHARDSONTOWN, RANGELEY
PLANTATION, RANGELEY, LINCOLN PLANTATION, DAVIS, AND WELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR RANGELEY LAKE, 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 MAINE.
LAT...LON 4479 7097 4492 7102 4504 7068 4481 7059
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 254DEG 21KT 4487 7090
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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