Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 2:21PM EDT until July 16 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 16, 2026 - 11:21am
Expires:
July 16, 2026 - 12:00pm
Description:
SVRCAR
The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Piscataquis County in north central Maine...
Southeastern Aroostook County in northern Maine...
North central Penobscot County in east central Maine...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 221 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fort Fairfield to 6 miles southeast of Oxbow to
6 miles southwest of Telos 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...
Presque Isle, Caribou, Houlton, Fort Fairfield, Patten, Mount
Katahdin, Mapleton, Washburn, Mars Hill, Hodgdon, Ashland, Easton,
Woodland, Sherman, Island Falls, Bridgewater, Smyrna, Masardis,
Mount Chase, and Oxbow.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between mile markers 262 and 304.
US Highway 1 between Hodgdon and Presque Isle.
State Highway 11 between Stacyville and Ashland.
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: