NWS Gray MESV.W 0040July 15, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack and 1 more, NH
The National Weather Service office in Gray issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack and 1 more in New Hampshire, which was in force until 4:30 a.m. local time on July 15. It was the 40th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Gray issued in 2026. New Hampshire had 20 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2026, against 26 in an average July of 2008-2025 (New Hampshire's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 49 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gray ME
- Area
- Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack and 1 more
- State
- New Hampshire
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:41 a.m. EDT, July 15, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 a.m. EDT, July 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGYX SV.W 0040
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRGYX The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Sullivan County in central New Hampshire... Northeastern Cheshire County in southern New Hampshire... Northwestern Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire... Southwestern Merrimack County in central New Hampshire... * Until 430 AM EDT. * At 340 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bradford, or 13 miles south of New London, moving southeast at 50 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... Concord, Henniker, Peterborough, Hopkinton, New Boston, Antrim, Greenfield, Lyndeborough, Bradford, Francestown, Bennington, Nelson, Windsor, Hancock, Deering, Warner, Hillsborough, Weare, Marlow, and Stoddard. This includes the following highways... Interstate 89 between mile markers 0 and 21, and near mile marker 24. Interstate 93 between mile markers 35 and 39. This also includes... Mount Sunapee.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.