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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
337 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

MEZ015-016-031-202015-
Interior Hancock ME-Southern Penobscot ME-Southern Piscataquis ME-
337 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK...
SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES THROUGH
415 PM EDT...

At 336 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Orneville to 7 miles
northeast of Skowhegan. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Bangor, Old Town, Bucksport, Dover-Foxcroft, Dexter, Newport, Orono,
Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Corinth, Veazie, Dedham, Kenduskeag,
Orneville, Indian Island, East Corinth, Glenburn, Orrington, and
Holden.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 between mile markers 157 and 207.
 State Highway 11 between Newport and Bradford.
 State Highway 9 between Dixmont and Clifton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southeastern, north central, west central and east central Maine.

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LAT...LON 4463 6884 4467 6881 4470 6884 4465 6919
      4472 6920 4473 6927 4503 6934 4521 6898
      4517 6886 4515 6886 4515 6882 4496 6826
      4460 6875 4459 6881
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 297DEG 26KT 4510 6901 4485 6959

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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