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WGUS51 KGYX 141758

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MEC031-142145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

158 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 145 PM EDT...FLOODING IS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT MUCH OF YORK 

COUNTY DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 10 INCHES OVER THE PAST FEW  

DAYS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED WATER TO TOP THE DAM ON MILTON 

POND ALONG THE MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER NEAR WEST LEBANON. THE 

EARTHEN PORTION OF THE DAM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MAIN CONCRETE DAM 

WAS BEING ERODED BY THE RUNNING WATER AND COULD FAIL.  THIS WOULD 

CREATE A 10 FOOT WALL OF WATER TO RUSH DOWNSTREAM...WHICH WOULD  

LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF ALL DOWNSTREAM POINTS.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA WHICH WILL MAKE 

THE SITUATION EVEN WORSE AND WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF A DAM 

FAILURE...OR AT LEAST EXCESSIVE RUNOFF SINCE THE DAM CAN NO LONGER 

HOLD BACK ANY MORE WATER.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE EVACUATING AREAS DOWNSTREAM FROM 

THE DAM AT THIS TIME.  IF ASKED TO LEAVE...PLEASE DO SO IMMEDIATELY. 

IF YOU WAIT FOR THE DAM TO FAIL BEFORE EVACUATING IT MAY BE TOO LATE 

TO SAFE YOUR LIFE.



PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH THIS PART OF YORK COUNTY...AROUND WEST 

LEBANON MAINE AND TOWARD MILTON NEW HAMPSHIRE...WHICH IS NORTH OF 

ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE...SHOULD AVOID THIS AREA.  MANY ROADS ARE 

ALREADY FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY AND 

CARS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OUTRUN ANY FLASH FLOODING THAT MAY OCCUR.



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LAT...LON 4334 7094 4339 7086 4343 7096 4336 7096



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