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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

BREAKING WEATHER NEWS: Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued For Bangor, Orono Area Til 9pm

UPDATE 8:07pm This warning is extending til 9pm.
BREAKING WEATHER NEWS: The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Penobscot County in east central Maine...

* Until 800 PM EDT

* At 706 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Unity, or 7
  miles north of Thorndike, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Bangor, Old Town, Newport, Orono, Brewer, Hampden, Hermon, Corinth,
  Veazie, Kenduskeag, Indian Island, East Corinth, Glenburn,
  Orrington, Holden, Milford, Levant, Carmel, Eddington and Newburgh.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 between mile makers 158 and 201.
 State Highway 11 near Newport, and between East Corinth and
Bradford.
 State Highway 9 between Dixmont and East Eddington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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