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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
434 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
MEC007-017-025-NHC007-222215-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SQ.W.0002.260122T2134Z-260122T2215Z/
OXFORD ME-SOMERSET ME-FRANKLIN ME-COOS NH-
434 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
SOUTHEASTERN COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
* UNTIL 515 PM EST.
* AT 434 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANGELEY TO 10 MILES EAST OF
ERROL TO NEAR BERLIN, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAFTON, STRONG, WOODSTOCK, MOUNT ABRAM, SOUTH ARM, CARTHAGE, GORHAM,
TOWN OF WASHINGTON, BETHEL, RANGELEY PLANTATION, ALBANY, BYRON,
GREENWOOD, RICHARDSONTOWN, RUMFORD, MASON, MADRID, NEWRY, HANOVER,
AND KINGFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE ON A HIGHWAY WHEN A SNOW SQUALL HITS.
VISIBILITY AND TRACTION ARE IMMEDIATELY LOST IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS,
MAKING IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO SLOW DOWN AND AVOID STOPPED
VEHICLES. DELAY TRAVEL OR SAFELY EXIT THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE SNOW
SQUALL ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 4500 6991 4468 7028 4422 7067 4438 7128
4482 7098 4499 7067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 280DEG 28KT 4489 7060 4482 7092 4440 7124
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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