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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
640 PM EDT Fri Aug 28 2026

The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Penobscot County in east central Maine...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 640 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Newport, moving east at 15 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...
  Bangor, Dexter, Newport, Orono, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Corinth,
  Kenduskeag, East Corinth, Glenburn, Levant, Carmel, Corinna,
  Hudson, Charleston, Plymouth, Bradford, Etna, and Stetson.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 157 and 173, between mile markers
175 and 176, and between mile markers 178 and 186.
 State Highway 11 between Newport and Bradford.
 State Highway 9 near Bangor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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LAT...LON 4514 6891 4477 6872 4475 6927 4502 6934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 249DEG 11KT 4491 6936

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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