NWS Gray MESV.W 0067August 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 1 more, ME
The National Weather Service office in Gray issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 1 more in Maine, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on August 13. It was the 67th 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 51 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, Knox, Lincoln and 1 more
- State
- Maine
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:39 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGYX SV.W 0067
- 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... South central Kennebec County in south central Maine... West central Knox County in south central Maine... Lincoln County in south central Maine... Northeastern Sagadahoc County in south central Maine... * Until 630 PM EDT. * At 539 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Litchfield to 11 miles north of Damariscotta, moving southeast at 30 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... Gardiner, Damariscotta, Wiscasset, Litchfield, Farmingdale, Bristol, Bremen, Woolwich, Warren, Boothbay, Bowdoinham, Chelsea, Jefferson, Dresden, Cushing, Edgecomb, Friendship, Alna, Nobleboro, and Whitefield. This includes the following highways... Interstate 295 between mile markers 43 and 51. Interstate 95 between mile markers 95 and 105.
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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