Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 28 at 6:12PM EDT until August 28 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 28, 2026 - 3:12pm
Expires:
August 28, 2026 - 3:30pm
Description:
At 611 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Haynesville, or
20 miles southwest of Houlton, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Houlton, Hodgdon, Island Falls, Amity, Haynesville, Cary Plantation,
Reed Plantation, Linneus, Oakfield, Cary, Reed, Orient, Glenwood,
Forkstown, and North Amity.
This includes US Highway 1 between Orient and Hodgdon.
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