Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 1:52PM EDT until July 16 at 2:15PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 16, 2026 - 10:52am
Expires:
July 16, 2026 - 11:15am
Description:
At 152 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bucksport,
moving southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 1:43 PM a 60 mph wind gust was reported
at Bangor International Airport.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Bangor, Ellsworth, Bucksport, Orono, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Veazie,
Dedham, Penobscot Township, Orrington, Holden, Carmel, Orland,
Eddington, Newburgh, Surry, Clifton, Otis, and Mariaville.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between mile markers 174 and 189.
US Highway 1 near Orland.
State Highway 9 between Newburgh and East Eddington.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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:
Hancock, ME; Penobscot, ME
Forcast Office:
NWS Caribou ME
Sender: