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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
437 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 436 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG MACHIAS LAKE, OR 25 MILES
EAST OF CLAYTON LAKE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 4669 6862 4657 6896 4657 6902 4658 6904
4681 6884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 227DEG 22KT 4658 6898
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
FOISY
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