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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
554 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

MEZ011-015-016-029-031-112245-
Interior Hancock ME-Coastal Hancock ME-Southern Penobscot ME-
Southern Piscataquis ME-Central Penobscot ME-
554 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK...
SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH
645 PM EDT...

At 553 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lake View Plantation to Kenduskeag to near
Waterville. Movement was southeast 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...
Lincoln, Bangor, Old Town, Ellsworth, Bucksport, Newport, Howland,
Orono, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Corinth, Milo, Veazie, Dedham,
Castine, Kenduskeag, Verona Island, Penobscot Township, and Indian
Island.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 159 and 232.
 US Highway 1 near Orland.
 State Highway 11 between East Corinth and Bradford.
 State Highway 9 between Dixmont and Clifton.

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.

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LAT...LON 4439 6882 4450 6877 4463 6884 4468 6881
      4470 6885 4464 6918 4472 6920 4473 6923
      4482 6928 4496 6904 4544 6895 4546 6833
      4474 6842 4441 6873 4445 6871 4447 6873
      4443 6876 4441 6874 4443 6877
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 295DEG 20KT 4534 6887 4493 6895 4455 6960

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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