Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
417 WWUS81 KCAR 112113 SPSCAR Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 513 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024 MEZ010-015-031-112200- Southern Penobscot ME-Southern Piscataquis ME-Central Piscataquis ME- 513 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT... At 513 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Guilford to 7 miles northwest of Newport to near Fairfield. Movement was east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Dover-Foxcroft, Dexter, Newport, Guilford, Brownville Junction, Hermon, Corinth, Milo, Kenduskeag, Orneville, East Corinth, Lake View Plantation, Ebeemee, Levant, Carmel, Corinna, Hudson, Charleston, Plymouth, and Sangerville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between mile markers 157 and 170. State Highway 11 between Newport and Brownville Junction. State Highway 9 near Dixmont. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4465 6918 4472 6920 4473 6927 4507 6935 4506 6945 4532 6939 4546 6889 4523 6885 4522 6888 4509 6883 4486 6895 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 273DEG 22KT 4525 6930 4491 6938 4467 6975 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ AStrauser