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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

220 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLEBROOK...BERLIN



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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WEATHER RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING UP TO FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF COOS COUNTY.  THESE AREAS INCLUDE EXTREME 

SOUTEHRN COOS COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 302...SOUTH CENTRAL COOS COUNTY JUST 

WEST OF BERLIN...AND OVER NORTHERN COOS COUNTY NORTHEAST OF DIXVILLE 

NOTCH.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.  

SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.



LAT...LON 4429 7158 4416 7138 4430 7103 4529 7109

      4530 7146



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