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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

519 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELLSWORTH



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT



* AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS HANCOCK 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE 

INCH PER HOUR. THE TOWNS OF AMHERST...EASTBROOK...MARIAVILLE...AND 

FRANKLIN WILL BE AFFECETD...AS WELL AS US ROUTE 9 AND 179. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

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 4436 6854 4451 6804 4516 6809 4493 6836



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