Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central Oxford County, ME – 06/19/24

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
MEC017-192030-
/O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0025.240619T1948Z-240619T2030Z/

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
348 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
    Central Oxford County in western Maine…
  • Until 430 PM EDT.
  • At 347 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bethel,
    moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
    tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
    roofs, and outbuildings.
  • Locations impacted include…
    Bethel, Rumford, Dixfield, Greenwood, Hanover, West Paris,
    Woodstock, Milton, Peru, Sumner, Albany, Newry, Paris, and Norway.

This also includes…
Mount Zircon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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LAT…LON 4435 7084 4453 7079 4452 7038 4426 7053
TIME…MOT…LOC 1947Z 281DEG 15KT 4443 7069

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT…CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE…1.00 IN
WIND THREAT…RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST…70 MPH

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