740  
WUUS51 KGYX 170015  
SVRGYX  
MEC007-017-NHC007-170100-  
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0004.260417T0015Z-260417T0100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
815 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...  
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...  
EAST CENTRAL COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...  
 
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 814 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF  
BERLIN, MOVING EAST AT 50 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...  
RUMFORD, DIXFIELD, ANDOVER, ERROL, GRAFTON, MEXICO, WELD, CARTHAGE,  
DUMMER, HANOVER, BYRON, ROXBURY, MILAN, UPTON, STARK, NEWRY, PERU,  
AND RILEY.  
 
THIS ALSO INCLUDES...  
UMBAGOG LAKE STATE PARK, KILKENNY RIDGE TRAIL, OLD SPECK MOUNTAIN,  
GRAFTON NOTCH, AND PONTOOK RESERVOIR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4456 7140 4470 7140 4477 7040 4450 7040  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 269DEG 44KT 4463 7129  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
BARON  
 
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