NWS Gray MESV.W 0068August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Oxford, ME
The National Weather Service office in Gray issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Oxford in Maine, which was in force until 7:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 68th 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 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gray ME
- Area
- Oxford
- State
- Maine
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:57 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGYX SV.W 0068
- 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... Southern Oxford County in western Maine... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 657 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Waterford, or 12 miles north of Fryeburg, moving northeast at 25 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... Bridgton, Fryeburg, Bethel, Rumford, Waterford, Harrison, Buckfield, Lovell, Greenwood, West Paris, Stow, Woodstock, Sweden, Stoneham, Mason, Norway, Milton, Paris, Albany, and Batchelders Grant. This also includes... Speckled Mountain, Evans Notch, Caribou Mountain, Albany Mountain, and Deer Hills.
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.