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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
618 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 617 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS NATIONAL
MONUMENT, OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT KATAHDIN, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PATTEN, ISLAND FALLS, MOUNT CHASE, KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS
NATIONAL MONUMENT, SHIN POND, CRYSTAL, DYER BROOK, HERSEY, KATAHDIN
LAKE, AND MORO PLANTATION.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 NEAR MILE MARKER 277.
STATE HIGHWAY 11 NEAR PATTEN.
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 4587 6879 4591 6883 4607 6882 4625 6846
4602 6827
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 241DEG 26KT 4599 6876
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
BUSTER
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