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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

National Weather Service Caribou ME

1058 AM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025



The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

  East central Aroostook County in northern Maine...



* Until 1215 PM EDT.



* At 1057 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Big Machias

  Lake, or 15 miles south of Deboullie Mountain, moving east at 55

  mph.



  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.



  SOURCE...Emergency management.



  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 

           damage to trees and power lines.



* Locations impacted include...

  Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone, Portage,

  Mapleton, Washburn, Ashland, Easton, Woodland, Portage Lake, Russel

  Crossing, Big Machias Lake, Loring, Fish River Lake, Nashville

  Plantation, New Sweden, Chapman, Connor, and Castle Hill.



This includes the following highways...

 US Highway 1 between Presque Isle and Caribou.

 State Highway 11 between Ashland and Portage.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.



Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground

lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from

windows.



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LAT...LON 4662 6779 4655 6882 4657 6882 4657 6907

      4691 6901 4698 6779

TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 263DEG 48KT 4675 6888 



HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



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