Special Weather Statement 12/05/2024 11:26 for Maine areas

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued December 5 at 2:26PM EST by NWS Gray ME
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
December 5, 2024 - 11:26am
Expires: 
December 5, 2024 - 12:45pm
Description: 
At 225 PM EST...An area of heavy snow showers was along a line extending from 8 miles east of Jay to 10 miles northeast of Cape Elizabeth...and moving east at 40 MPH. Locations impacted include... Portland, Lewiston, Brunswick, Augusta, Waterville, Bath, Farmington, Rockland, Belfast, Fairfield, Gardiner, Camden, Damariscotta, Lincolnville, Searsport, Thorndike, Oakland, Topsham, Wiscasset, and Freeport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 295 between mile markers 21 and 51. Interstate 95 between mile markers 84 and 138. This also includes... Reid State Park, Popham Beach State Park, Pemaquid Beach, Birch Point Beach State Park, and Moose Point State Park. Bailey Island, Orrs Island, Burnt Island, Hope Island, and Cliff Island.
Area Description: 
Southern Franklin; Southern Somerset; Central Interior Cumberland; Androscoggin; Kennebec; Interior Waldo; Coastal Cumberland; Sagadahoc; Lincoln; Knox; Coastal Waldo
Forcast Office: 
NWS Gray ME