Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 2:04PM EDT until July 16 at 2:30PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 16, 2026 - 11:04am
Expires:
July 16, 2026 - 11:30am
Description:
At 204 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northeast of Ashland to near Chamberlain Lake,
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, 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.
Area Description:
Aroostook, ME; Penobscot, ME; Piscataquis, ME
Forcast Office:
NWS Caribou ME
Sender: