NWS Caribou MESV.W 0027August 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Penobscot and Piscataquis, ME
The National Weather Service office in Caribou issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Penobscot and Piscataquis in Maine, which was in force until 3:30 p.m. local time on August 13. It was the 27th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Caribou issued in 2026. Maine had 21 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 24 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Maine's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 42 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Caribou ME
- Area
- Penobscot and Piscataquis
- State
- Maine
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:48 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAR SV.W 0027
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRCAR The National Weather Service in Caribou Maine has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Piscataquis County in north central Maine... North central Penobscot County in east central Maine... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 248 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Telos Lake, or 26 miles north of Ripogenus, moving southeast at 20 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... South Branch Pond, Baxter State Park, Telos Lake, northwestern Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, and Grand Lake Matagamon.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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