Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Bangor, Ellsworth

Heads up! The sky is getting dark!

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BANGOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BUCKSPORT...BLUE HILL...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES WEST OF HERMON TO 17 MILES WEST OF BUCKSPORT TO 32
  MILES WEST OF CASTINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
  WEST OF BANGOR TO 7 MILES EAST OF THORNDIKE TO 17 MILES EAST OF
  AUGUSTA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KENDUSKEAG...HAMPDEN...BREWER...ORONO...VEAZIE...DEDHAM AND DEER
  ISLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
KENNEBEC COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!