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WWUS81 KCAR 171047
SPSCAR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
647 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
MEZ001-002-004>006-171200-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS ME-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-
NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK ME-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT ME-NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK ME-
647 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL IMPACT EAST
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS...AROOSTOOK AND NORTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 AM EDT...
AT 645 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT KENT TO 7 MILES NORTH OF MOOSEHORN CROSSING
TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRENCHTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRESQUE ISLE, CARIBOU, HOULTON, MILLINOCKET, FORT KENT, MADAWASKA,
FORT FAIRFIELD, LIMESTONE, VAN BUREN, PATTEN, EAGLE LAKE, MOUNT
KATAHDIN, RIPOGENUS, PORTAGE, MAPLETON, EAST MILLINOCKET, WASHBURN,
MARS HILL, MEDWAY, AND HODGDON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 243 AND 304.
US HIGHWAY 1 BETWEEN ORIENT AND FORT KENT.
STATE HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN NORCROSS AND WALLAGRASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4736 6823 4707 6779 4592 6775 4588 6781
4583 6776 4580 6781 4573 6778 4568 6781
4564 6805 4555 6896 4567 6896 4580 6927
4642 6881 4724 6873 4724 6861 4730 6851
4729 6838 4735 6837
TIME...MOT...LOC 1045Z 251DEG 35KT 4722 6866 4645 6872 4573 6922
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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