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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

225 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PATTEN...MILLINOCKET

  SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT



* AT 221 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVE 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH FROM A LINE OF HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SHERMAN DOWN TO 

SEBOEIS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA   

MILLS...SHERMAN...PATTEN...ISLAND FALLS...LITTLETON AND BRIDGEWATER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4564 6877 4543 6824 4638 6777 4651 6813



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