NWS Gray MESV.W 0061August 8, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: York, Carroll and Strafford, ME and NH
The National Weather Service office in Gray issued a severe thunderstorm warning for York, Carroll and Strafford in Maine, New Hampshire, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on August 8. It was the 61st 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 50 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gray ME
- Area
- York, Carroll and Strafford
- State
- Maine
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:40 p.m. EDT, August 8, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, August 8, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGYX SV.W 0061
- 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... West central York County in southwestern Maine... North central Strafford County in central New Hampshire... Southeastern Carroll County in northern New Hampshire... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 440 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of Lebanon, or 13 miles north of Rochester, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Alfred, Sanford, Lebanon, Waterboro, Acton, Brookfield, Middleton, Shapleigh, Milton, Wakefield, North Berwick, and New Durham.
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.