Maine Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/16/2026 11:29

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 16 at 2:29PM EDT until July 16 at 3:15PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 16, 2026 - 11:29am
Expires: 
July 16, 2026 - 12:15pm
Description: 
SVRCAR The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Washington County in southeastern Maine... East central Hancock County in southeastern Maine... * Until 315 PM EDT. * At 229 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of Steuben, or 7 miles southwest of Cherryfield, moving southeast 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... Cherryfield, Steuben, Harrington, Jonesboro, Columbia Falls, Columbia, Deblois, Millbridge, Centerville, Hancock, Franklin, Gouldsboro, Addison, Sullivan, Eastbrook, Sorrento, and Beddington. This includes US Highway 1 between Hancock and Columbia Falls.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Hancock, ME; Washington, ME
Forcast Office: 
NWS Caribou ME