470
WWUS81 KCAR 132117
SPSCAR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
517 PM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
MEZ001-004-132200-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME-NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK ME-
517 PM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS AND
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 516 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF RUSSEL CROSSING, OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTAGE,
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA 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...
FISH RIVER LAKE AND BIG MACHIAS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4693 6869 4664 6876 4657 6882 4651 6882
4652 6905 4695 6908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 183DEG 21KT 4659 6892
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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