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

MEC003-019-021-161830-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260716T1830Z/
Piscataquis ME-Aroostook ME-Penobscot ME-
204 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS...EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK AND NORTH
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...

At 204 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northeast of Ashland to near Chamberlain Lake,
moving southeast at 40 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Caribou, Portage, Mapleton, Washburn, Ashland, Woodland, Portage
Lake, Masardis, Oxbow, Russel Crossing, Big Machias Lake, Moosehorn
Crossing, Nashville Plantation, Telos Lake, Castle Hill, Perham,
Wade, Garfield, and Nashville.

This includes State Highway 11 between Ashland and Portage.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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LAT...LON 4682 6803 4635 6865 4613 6916 4636 6939
      4690 6841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 313DEG 33KT 4675 6829 4626 6926 

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

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