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

MEC003-019-021-161900-
/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260716T1900Z/
Piscataquis ME-Aroostook ME-Penobscot ME-
245 PM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS...SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK AND NORTH
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...

At 245 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Easton to 6 miles west of Dudley
Township to near Mount Katahdin, 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...
Presque Isle, Caribou, Houlton, Fort Fairfield, Patten, Mount
Katahdin, Mapleton, Washburn, Mars Hill, Hodgdon, Ashland, Easton,
Woodland, Sherman, Island Falls, Bridgewater, Smyrna, Masardis, Mount
Chase, and Oxbow.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 264 and 304.
 US Highway 1 between Hodgdon and Presque Isle.
 State Highway 11 between Stacyville and Masardis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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LAT...LON 4631 6778 4609 6779 4601 6790 4576 6878
      4605 6914 4639 6849 4688 6812 4675 6779
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 311DEG 33KT 4662 6771 4622 6824 4594 6901 

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

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