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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

841 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005



MEC021-300100-

PISCATAQUIS ME-

841 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN

PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...



AT 840 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONSON...MILO

SANGERVILLE AND BROWNVILLE JUNCTION.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4531 6953 4507 6946 4516 6876 4541 6888



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