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Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Caribou ME

1156 AM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025



MEC003-031615-

/O.CON.KCAR.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-250703T1615Z/

Aroostook ME-

1156 AM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

FOR EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY...



At 1153 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Washburn, 

moving east at 45 mph.



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



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



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.



&&



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

      4691 6901 4698 6779

TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 263DEG 48KT 4683 6786 



HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED

MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH



$$



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