SVRGYX MEC007-017-NHC007-142245- /O.NEW.KGYX.SV.W.0047.160714T2148Z-160714T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 548 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... NORTHWESTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... SOUTHEASTERN COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 547 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR STRATFORD TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERROL TO NEAR BERLIN TO NEAR MOUNT WASHINGTON TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND RADAR. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BERLIN...BETHEL...RUMFORD...RANGELEY...ANDOVER...ERROL... MOUNT WASHINGTON...MEXICO...GRAFTON...WELD...PINKHAM NOTCH... DIXVILLE...STRATFORD...CARROLL...GORHAM...GREENWOOD...JACKSON... CARTHAGE...CHATHAM AND DUMMER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4471 7152 4505 7081 4492 7061 4472 7044 4448 7052 4429 7084 4425 7101 4428 7101 4428 7104 4425 7104 4423 7109 4424 7125 4419 7128 4417 7137 4421 7139 4421 7142 4424 7143 4432 7134 4451 7128 4468 7133 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 257DEG 38KT 4472 7149 4470 7133 4454 7122 4434 7127 4411 7155 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ EKSTER $$