Maine, New Hampshire Extreme Tornado Watch | Effective 06/18/2026 10:45

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued June 18 at 1:45PM EDT until June 18 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Gray ME
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
June 18, 2026 - 10:45am
Expires: 
June 18, 2026 - 4:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 353 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MAINE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MAINE ANDROSCOGGIN CUMBERLAND YORK IN WESTERN MAINE FRANKLIN OXFORD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE BELKNAP MERRIMACK STRAFFORD SULLIVAN IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE CARROLL COOS GRAFTON IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE CHESHIRE HILLSBOROUGH ROCKINGHAM THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALFRED, ANDOVER, ASHLAND, ATKINSON, AUBURN, AVON, BARRINGTON, BERLIN, BETHEL, BETHLEHEM, BIDDEFORD, BOSCAWEN, BRIDGEWATER, BROOKFIELD, BRYANT POND, BYRON, CANTERBURY, CAPE ELIZABETH, CHESTER, CLAREMONT, COBURN GORE, CONCORD, CORNISH, CROYDON, DAVIS, DERRY, DOVER, DUMMER, DUNBARTON, DURHAM, ERROL, FARMINGTON, GILFORD, GILSUM, GOSHEN, GRANTHAM, GREENE, HAMPSTEAD, HANOVER, HOLLIS, JACKSON, KEENE, KINGFIELD, LACONIA, LEBANON, LEBANON, LEMPSTER, LEWISTON, LINCOLN, LITTLETON, LOUDON, LYME, MADBURY, MANCHESTER, MARLOW, MILAN, MILLSFIELD, MINOT, NASHUA, NEW GLOUCESTER, NEWTON, OLD ORCHARD BEACH, OQUOSSOC, OSSIPEE, PELHAM, PLAISTOW, PORTLAND, RANGELEY, ROCHESTER, ROLLINSFORD, SABATTUS, SACO, SALEM, SANFORD, SOMERSWORTH, SOUTH PORTLAND, SUGAR HILL, SULLIVAN, SURRY, TUFTONBORO, TURNER, UNITY, UPTON, WAKEFIELD, WALES, WESTBROOK, WILSONS MILLS, WOLFEBORO, AND YORK POND.
Area Description: 
Androscoggin, ME; Cumberland, ME; Franklin, ME; Oxford, ME; York, ME; Belknap, NH; Carroll, NH; Cheshire, NH; Coos, NH; Grafton, NH; Hillsborough, NH; Merrimack, NH; Rockingham, NH; Strafford, NH; Sullivan, NH
Forcast Office: 
NWS Gray ME
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov