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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

621 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2005



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AROOSTOOK ME-

621 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL      

   AROOSTOOK COUNTY...



AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN AROOSTOOK 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR MAPLETON AND 

CHAPMAN. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 



LATEST RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED UP TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL PER HOUR. 

HOWEVER...THE RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE.



LATEST RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THE BLACKWATER RIVER AND THE SAINT 

CROIX STREAM TO BE AT BANKFULL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF THESE SMALLER STREAMS. SOME COUNTRY ROADS AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF BROOKS AND STREAMS COULD BECOME 

INUNDATED WITH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS THE 

ROAD.   



LAT...LON 4639 6861 4629 6800 4698 6795 4704 6841



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