Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 28 at 5:45PM EDT until August 28 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 28, 2026 - 2:45pm
Expires:
August 28, 2026 - 3:30pm
Description:
SVRCAR
The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Aroostook County in northern Maine...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Sherman, or 16 miles southeast of Patten, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Houlton, Hodgdon, Sherman, Island Falls, Amity, Haynesville, Cary
Plantation, Reed Plantation, Linneus, Oakfield, Crystal, Cary,
Reed, Orient, Glenwood, Silver Ridge, Forkstown, Benedicta, North
Amity, and Monarda.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 near mile marker 259, and between mile markers 263 and
270.
US Highway 1 between Orient and Hodgdon.
State Highway 11 near Sherman.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Aroostook, ME
Forcast Office:
NWS Caribou ME
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov