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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

306 AM EDT WED MAY 17 2006



MEC021-170845-

PISCATAQUIS ME-

306 AM EDT WED MAY 17 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...



AT 259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH PER HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAMWAY...

CHURCHILL DAM...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...RIPOGENUS DAM AND THE BAXTER STATE 

PARK REGION. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4576 6948 4572 6881 4657 6883 4657 6962



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