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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

454 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...

  NORTHWESTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLASH        

  FLOODING FROM NEAR CLAYTON LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR 

  HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS          

  APPROACHING TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES...HAS FALLEN SINCE AROUND 330  

  PM EDT. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL LEAD TO

  FLASH FLOODING.



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

  NINE MILE BRIDGE...CHURCHILL DAM...TAMWAY AND CHAMBERLAIN LAKE



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4678 6972 4665 6986 4616 6940 4641 6900



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