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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
152 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

MEC009-019-161815-
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Hancock ME-Penobscot ME-
152 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...

At 152 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bucksport,
moving southeast at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 1:43 PM a 60 mph wind gust was reported 
         at Bangor International Airport.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bangor, Ellsworth, Bucksport, Orono, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Veazie,
Dedham, Penobscot Township, Orrington, Holden, Carmel, Orland,
Eddington, Newburgh, Surry, Clifton, Otis, and Mariaville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 174 and 189.
 US Highway 1 near Orland.
 State Highway 9 between Newburgh and East Eddington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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LAT...LON 4471 6908 4488 6878 4473 6832 4452 6863
      4460 6882 4461 6882 4463 6884 4468 6881
      4470 6884 4467 6899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 300DEG 39KT 4471 6870 

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

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