Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 6:05PM EDT until June 18 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 18, 2026 - 3:05pm
Expires:
June 18, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description:
SVRCAR
The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Hancock County in southeastern Maine...
Southern Piscataquis County in north central Maine...
Southwestern Penobscot County in east central Maine...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 604 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles east of Dexter to Newport to near Unity,
moving southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Bangor, Old Town, Ellsworth, Bucksport, Dover-Foxcroft, Dexter,
Newport, Blue Hill, Orono, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Corinth,
Veazie, Dedham, Castine, Kenduskeag, Verona Island, Penobscot
Township, and Indian Island.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between mile markers 157 and 205.
US Highway 1 near Orland.
State Highway 11 between Newport and Bradford.
State Highway 9 between Dixmont and Aurora.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Hancock, ME; Penobscot, ME; Piscataquis, ME
Forcast Office:
NWS Caribou ME
Sender: