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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Gray ME

324 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025

 

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Northern Oxford ME-Northern Franklin ME-

324 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025



...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL OXFORD AND WEST

CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...



At 324 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11

miles southwest of Rangeley, moving east at 25 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...

Magalloway Plantation, Adamstown, Richardsontown, Rangeley

Plantation, Rangeley, Lincoln Plantation, Davis, and Weld.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



If on or near Rangeley Lake, 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 Maine.



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LAT...LON 4479 7097 4492 7102 4504 7068 4481 7059

TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 254DEG 21KT 4487 7090 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN

MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH



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