NWS Gray MESV.W 0063August 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kennebec and Somerset, ME
The National Weather Service office in Gray issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kennebec and Somerset in Maine, which was in force until 3:30 p.m. local time on August 13. It was the 63rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Gray issued in 2026. Maine had 21 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 24 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Maine's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 38 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gray ME
- Area
- Kennebec and Somerset
- State
- Maine
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:52 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGYX SV.W 0063
- 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... Northeastern Kennebec County in south central Maine... South central Somerset County in west central Maine... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 252 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Norridgewock, or 11 miles east of Farmington, moving southeast at 20 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... Waterville, Fairfield, Oakland, Skowhegan, Madison, Clinton, Belgrade, Norridgewock, Benton, Anson, Canaan, Starks, Sidney, Smithfield, Rome, Mercer, Winslow, and New Sharon. This includes Interstate 95 between mile markers 122 and 140.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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