Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 1:43PM EDT until July 16 at 2:30PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 16, 2026 - 10:43am
Expires:
July 16, 2026 - 11:30am
Description:
SVRCAR
The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Piscataquis County in north central Maine...
Central Aroostook County in northern Maine...
North central Penobscot County in east central Maine...
* Until 230 PM EDT.
* At 143 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Portage Lake to near Tamway, moving
southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Caribou, Portage, Mapleton, Washburn, Ashland, Woodland, Portage
Lake, Masardis, Oxbow, Russel Crossing, Churchill Dam, Big Machias
Lake, Moosehorn Crossing, Nashville Plantation, Telos Lake, Castle
Hill, Perham, Wade, Garfield, and Nashville.
This includes State Highway 11 between Ashland and Portage.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning
is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Aroostook, ME; Penobscot, ME; Piscataquis, ME
Forcast Office:
NWS Caribou ME
Sender: