{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.fbf7122fdea77b3b583d2504a639e35d41d858f2.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 22 at 6:31PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-22","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.fbf7122fdea77b3b583d2504a639e35d41d858f2.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Caribou ME"},"word_count":142,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 22 at 6:31PM EDT by NWS Caribou ME\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Central Penobscot; Southern Penobscot; Interior Hancock; Southern Piscataquis\n**Issued by:** NWS Caribou ME\n**Sent:** 2026-07-22T18:31:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-22T18:31:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-22T19:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 631 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near\nHowland, moving northeast at 40 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is\npossible.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nHowland, Milo, Springfield, Orneville, Lincoln, Grand Falls, Lake\nView Plantation, Enfield, Hudson, Greenbush, Bradford, Lee, Alton,\nLagrange, Mattawamkeag, Chester, Winn, Passadumkeag, Burlington, and\nLowell.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 95 between mile markers 206 and 234.\nState Highway 11 between Bradford and Milo.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building."}