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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME
905 WWUS81 KCAR 161231 SPSCAR Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Caribou ME 831 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 MEZ005-006-161315- Southeast Aroostook ME-Northern Penobscot ME- 831 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK AND NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM EDT... At 830 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sherman, or 7 miles southeast of Patten, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Houlton, Patten, Hodgdon, Sherman, Island Falls, Smyrna, Sherman Station, Smyrna Mills, Cary Plantation, Dudley Township, eastern Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Littleton, Linneus, Oakfield, New Limerick, Ludlow, Stacyville, Merrill, Crystal, and Cary. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between mile markers 257 and 301. US Highway 1 between Cary and Houlton. State Highway 11 between Stacyville and Sherman Station. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 4577 6844 4592 6859 4627 6796 4608 6778 4602 6778 TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 236DEG 31KT 4591 6839 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ Buster