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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
119 AM EDT Thu Aug 15 2024

MEZ010-015-031-150600-
Southern Penobscot ME-Southern Piscataquis ME-Central Piscataquis ME-
119 AM EDT Thu Aug 15 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PISCATAQUIS AND
SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT...

At 118 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Guilford, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Dover-Foxcroft, Dexter, Guilford, Corinth, Monson, Blanchard,
Kingsbury Plantation, Corinna, Charleston, Sangerville, Stetson,
Garland, Exeter, Parkman, Abbot, Sebec, Atkinson, Wellington,
Willimantic, and Bowerbank.

This includes State Highway 11 near Exeter.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Be alert for ponding water on roadways.

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LAT...LON 4527 6905 4489 6907 4493 6932 4507 6936
      4505 6950 4504 6950 4503 6952 4502 6952
      4501 6962 4509 6964 4511 6966 4512 6965
      4527 6970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 008DEG 15KT 4512 6937

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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