Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 22 at 1:20PM EDT until July 22 at 1:45PM EDT by NWS Gray ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 22, 2026 - 10:20am
Expires:
July 22, 2026 - 10:45am
Description:
SVRGYX
The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central York County in southwestern Maine...
Southern Cumberland County in southwestern Maine...
* Until 145 PM EDT.
* At 120 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sanford,
moving northeast at 35 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...
Biddeford, Alfred, Sanford, Saco, Kennebunk, Buxton, Kennebunkport,
Old Orchard Beach, Wells, Scarborough, Lyman, Arundel, Dayton, and
North Berwick.
This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 21 and 38.
This also includes...
Fortunes Rock Beach.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
Cumberland, ME; York, ME
Forcast Office:
NWS Gray ME
Sender: