Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 1:37PM EDT until July 16 at 2:15PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 16, 2026 - 10:37am
Expires:
July 16, 2026 - 11:15am
Description:
SVRCAR
The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Hancock County in southeastern Maine...
South central Penobscot County in east central Maine...
* Until 215 PM EDT.
* At 136 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hermon, or 10
miles west of Bangor, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Bangor, Ellsworth, Bucksport, Orono, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon,
Veazie, Dedham, Kenduskeag, Verona Island, Penobscot Township,
Glenburn, Orrington, Holden, Levant, Carmel, Orland, Eddington, and
Newburgh.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between mile markers 163 and 189.
US Highway 1 near Orland.
State Highway 9 between Dixmont and East Eddington.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Hancock, ME; Penobscot, ME
Forcast Office:
NWS Caribou ME
Sender: