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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

515 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 511 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH 

NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING OVER THE 

TOWNS OF MASARDIS AND SQUA PAN WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED WELL OVER 

1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MASARDIS AND SQUA PAN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR MORE PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4635 6839 4641 6815 4667 6803 4668 6840



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