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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Gray ME

1139 AM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

 

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Merrimack NH-Belknap NH-Strafford NH-

Western And Central Hillsborough NH-Southern Carroll NH-

Interior Rockingham NH-Eastern Hillsborough NH-

1139 AM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025



...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ROCKINGHAM...

STRAFFORD...NORTH CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH...BELKNAP...SOUTHEASTERN

MERRIMACK AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EDT...



At 1138 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along

a line extending from near Tamworth to Weare. Movement was east at 20

mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 

         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 

         possible.



Locations impacted include...

Nottingham, Belmont, Tuftonboro, Freedom, Pembroke, Candia,

Deerfield, Moultonborough, Laconia, Strafford, Rochester,

Somersworth, Effingham, Bow, Tilton, Wolfeboro, New Durham,

Dunbarton, Ossipee, and Durham.



This includes the following highways...

 Interstate 89 between mile markers 0 and 11.

 Interstate 93 between mile markers 27 and 58.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



If on or near Lake Winnipesaukee, get out of the water and move 

indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 

10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you 

are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter 

now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.



A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for

western and southwestern Maine...and central, northern and southern

New Hampshire.



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LAT...LON 4304 7182 4388 7136 4390 7099 4357 7097

      4355 7095 4339 7099 4334 7096 4334 7093

      4329 7091 4324 7081 4312 7082 4313 7086

      4309 7086 4309 7090 4307 7091

TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 272DEG 19KT 4381 7131 4310 7170 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH



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