Critical TOR Tornado Warning — Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:53 PM

TORCAR
MEC003-182215-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TO.W.0001.160718T2148Z-160718T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
548 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 547 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND...OR
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARIBOU...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIMESTONE AROUND 600 PM EDT.
  LORING AROUND 605 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NEW
SWEDEN...HAMLIN...WESTMANLAND...CONNOR...CASWELL...STOCKHOLM...CYR
PLANTATION AND PERHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
CARIBOU MAINE.

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LAT...LON 4710 6788 4708 6782 4707 6781 4707 6779
      4689 6779 4684 6816 4701 6823 4710 6790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 255DEG 34KT 4695 6811

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

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