Maine Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/16/2026 10:21

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 1:21PM EDT until July 16 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Gray ME
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 16, 2026 - 10:21am
Expires: 
July 16, 2026 - 11:00am
Description: 
SVRGYX The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Kennebec County in south central Maine... Southeastern Oxford County in western Maine... Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine... North central Cumberland County in southwestern Maine... * Until 200 PM EDT. * At 121 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Jay to 7 miles south of Canton to 9 miles north of Waterford, moving southeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Gardiner, Mechanic Falls, Turner, Litchfield, Belgrade, Livermore Falls, Farmingdale, Manchester, Hallowell, Canton, Winthrop, Waterford, Lisbon, Greene, Bowdoin, Harrison, and Chelsea. This includes the following highways... Interstate 295 near mile marker 51. Interstate 95 between mile markers 75 and 114. This also includes... Crocker Hill, Streaked Mountain, and Singepole Ridge.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Androscoggin, ME; Cumberland, ME; Kennebec, ME; Oxford, ME
Forcast Office: 
NWS Gray ME