Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued May 10 at 3:22PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
May 10, 2026 - 12:22pm
Expires:
May 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Description:
At 321 PM EDT, a trained weather spotter reported strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 12 miles north of
Madawaska to New Canada to near Fish River Lake. Movement was
northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Fort Kent, Madawaska, Van Buren, Eagle Lake, Portage, Ashland,
Frenchville, Portage Lake, New Canada, Lille, Cross Lake, Madawaska
Lake, Fish River Lake, Nashville Plantation, New Sweden, Wallagrass,
Grand Isle, Perham, Stockholm, and Winterville.
This includes the following highways...
US Highway 1 between Grand Isle and Frenchville.
State Highway 11 between Portage and Wallagrass.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Northwest Aroostook; Northeast Aroostook
Forcast Office:
NWS Caribou ME
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov