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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
609 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Piscataquis County in north central Maine...
  Eastern Aroostook County in northern Maine...
  North central Penobscot County in east central Maine...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 609 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
  extending from 6 miles south of Van Buren to near Chesuncook Lake, 
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone, Van Buren, Eagle
  Lake, Portage, Mapleton, Washburn, Mars Hill, Ashland, Easton,
  Woodland, Bridgewater, Smyrna, Portage Lake, New Canada, Masardis,
  Oxbow, and South Branch Pond.

This includes the following highways...
 US Highway 1 between Bridgewater and Van Buren.
 State Highway 11 between Knowles Corner and Winterville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4713 6789 4711 6789 4707 6779 4645 6778
      4594 6843 4629 6843 4637 6852 4603 6895
      4608 6950 4716 6844 4717 6794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 269DEG 34KT 4709 6796 4606 6930 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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