Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
349 WWUS81 KCAR 301728 SPSCAR Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 128 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 MEZ004>006-010-011-031-301815- Southeast Aroostook ME-Northern Piscataquis ME- Southern Piscataquis ME-Central Penobscot ME-Northern Penobscot ME- Central Piscataquis ME- 128 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT... At 128 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Frenchtown to 11 miles northwest of Blanchard. Movement was east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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... Millinocket, Dover-Foxcroft, Greenville, Guilford, Brownville Junction, Milo, East Millinocket, Medway, Monson, Blanchard, White Cap Mountain, Ebeemee, Kokadjo, Elliottsville, Lake View Plantation, Frenchtown, Orneville, Brownville, Abbot, and Sebec. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between mile markers 238 and 252. State Highway 11 between Milo and Medway. 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. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northern, north central, west central and east central Maine. && LAT...LON 4558 6971 4560 6971 4577 6953 4571 6830 4514 6906 4525 6969 4528 6971 4530 6970 4554 6978 TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 268DEG 35KT 4562 6931 4537 6979 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Maloit