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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
508 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025
 

MEZ001-002-182200-
Northeast Aroostook ME-Northwest Aroostook ME-
508 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY
THROUGH 600 PM EDT...

At 508 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Portage Lake, or 10 miles north of Portage, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Presque Isle, Caribou, Portage, Mapleton, Washburn, Ashland,
Woodland, Portage Lake, Madawaska Lake, Nashville Plantation, New
Sweden, Connor, Castle Hill, Perham, Wade, Stockholm, Winterville,
Westmanland, and Cyr Plantation.

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

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4676 6863 4700 6863 4708 6805 4668 6803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 274DEG 17KT 4691 6848 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Brennan