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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
655 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2026

MEZ004-005-011-132330-
Northern Piscataquis ME-Central Penobscot ME-Northern Penobscot ME-
655 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS AND
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

At 651 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Mount Katahdin, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
Millinocket, East Millinocket, Medway, southwestern Katahdin Woods
and Waters National Monument, Mattawamkeag, Chester, Woodville,
Grindstone, Cedar Lake, and Norcross.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 231 and 247.
 State Highway 11 between Norcross and Medway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If on or near Millinocket Lake and Ambajejus Lake, get out of the
water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can
strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to
safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4587 6885 4560 6843 4558 6843 4557 6842
      4558 6839 4556 6837 4538 6865 4574 6904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 317DEG 23KT 4576 6888

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

JMM