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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
229 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Washington County in southeastern Maine...
  East central Hancock County in southeastern Maine...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 229 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Steuben, or 7 miles southwest of Cherryfield, moving southeast
  at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cherryfield, Steuben, Harrington, Jonesboro, Columbia Falls,
  Columbia, Deblois, Millbridge, Centerville, Hancock, Franklin,
  Gouldsboro, Addison, Sullivan, Eastbrook, Sorrento, and Beddington.

This includes US Highway 1 between Hancock and Columbia Falls.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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LAT...LON 4453 6835 4482 6808 4473 6759 4435 6796
      4435 6798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 300DEG 45KT 4457 6806 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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