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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
552 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN...CLAYTON LAKE...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEBOULLIE MOUNTAIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUSSEL CROSSING
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CONTACTING YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN MAINE.
LAT...LON 4706 6870 4654 6858 4642 6952 4691 6959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 254DEG 16KT 4683 6919
NORCROSS
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