NWS Gray MESV.W 0049July 16, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: York, Rockingham and Strafford, ME and NH
The National Weather Service office in Gray issued a severe thunderstorm warning for York, Rockingham and Strafford in Maine, New Hampshire, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on July 16. It was the 49th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Gray issued in 2026. Maine had 33 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2026, against 47 in an average July 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
- York, Rockingham and Strafford
- State
- Maine
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:52 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGYX SV.W 0049
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. AreaZine rebuilds this page from the agency's record; the agency's page is the one to act on. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.
The notice as issued
SVRGYX The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern York County in southwestern Maine... Northeastern Rockingham County in southern New Hampshire... Strafford County in central New Hampshire... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 352 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Kennebunk to near Barnstead, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Rochester, Portsmouth, Durham, Exeter, Kittery, Northwood, Sanford, Dover, Somersworth, Kennebunk, Barrington, Berwick, Farmington, Epping, Lebanon, Greenland, Kennebunkport, South Berwick, York, and Newington. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between mile markers 1 and 22. Interstate 95 in New Hampshire between mile markers 11 and 16. This also includes... York Beach, Ogunquit Beach, and Wells Beach.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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.