Expires:202507070000;Remove:202507070000;997896 WWUS81 KCAR 062309 SPSCAR Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 709 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025 MEZ015-016-070000- Interior Hancock ME-Southern Penobscot ME- 709 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... At 708 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Corinth, or 12 miles west of Old Town, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Bangor, Old Town, Orono, Brewer, Hermon, Corinth, Veazie, Dedham, Kenduskeag, Indian Island, East Corinth, Glenburn, Holden, Milford, Levant, Eddington, Hudson, Bradley, Charleston, and Bradford. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between mile markers 183 and 201. State Highway 11 near East Corinth. State Highway 9 between Bangor and Clifton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 4490 6912 4507 6903 4498 6829 4467 6845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 290DEG 31KT 4496 6897 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Bloomer