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000 

WGUS71 KCAR 150034

FFSCAR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

816 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



MEC003-021-150130-

AROOSTOOK ME-PISCATAQUIS ME-

816 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND WEST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...



AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD CAUSED FLASH FLOODING FROM LAC 

FRONTIERE THROUGH THE CLAYTON LAKE AREA AND INTO THE ALLAGASH 

WILDERNESS WATERWAY WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...BUT REMAIN A THREAT.



FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 930 PM EDT AS THE RUNOFF FROM 

THESE HEAVY RAINS WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE STREAM SYSTEM.  

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS REGION WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS 6.20 

INCHES OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT THREE HOURS.



WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN OVER THIS SHORT TIME FLOODING OF MANY SMALL 

BROOKS AND STREAMS WAS A CERTAINTY....AND MANY OF THE ROADS AND 

BRIDGES IN THIS AREA MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AS WELL.



IMPACTED ROADS INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BILLS ROAD...GRANDE 

MARCHE ROAD...NARROW POND ROAD...THE WADLEIGH TRAIL ROAD...POULIN 

ROAD...BERTRANDS MILLS ROAD...CUTOFF ROAD...KNOWLES BROOK ROAD...THE 

CYR ROAD...DEPOT ROAD...THIBODEAU ROAD AND THE AMERICAN REALTY ROAD.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...WHEN 

THE DANGERS OF FLOODING ARE HARDER TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4688 6980 4670 6996 4656 6970 4604 6969

      4580 6886 4616 6887



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MAT

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000 

WGUS71 KCAR 150034

FFSCAR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

816 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



MEC003-021-150130-

AROOSTOOK ME-PISCATAQUIS ME-

816 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND WEST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTIES...



AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD CAUSED FLASH FLOODING FROM LAC 

FRONTIERE THROUGH THE CLAYTON LAKE AREA AND INTO THE ALLAGASH 

WILDERNESS WATERWAY WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...BUT REMAIN A THREAT.



FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 930 PM EDT AS THE RUNOFF FROM 

THESE HEAVY RAINS WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE STREAM SYSTEM.  

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS REGION WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS 6.20 

INCHES OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT THREE HOURS.



WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN OVER THIS SHORT TIME FLOODING OF MANY SMALL 

BROOKS AND STREAMS WAS A CERTAINTY....AND MANY OF THE ROADS AND 

BRIDGES IN THIS AREA MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AS WELL.



IMPACTED ROADS INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BILLS ROAD...GRANDE 

MARCHE ROAD...NARROW POND ROAD...THE WADLEIGH TRAIL ROAD...POULIN 

ROAD...BERTRANDS MILLS ROAD...CUTOFF ROAD...KNOWLES BROOK ROAD...THE 

CYR ROAD...DEPOT ROAD...THIBODEAU ROAD AND THE AMERICAN REALTY ROAD.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...WHEN 

THE DANGERS OF FLOODING ARE HARDER TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4688 6980 4670 6996 4656 6970 4604 6969

      4580 6886 4616 6887



$$



MAT

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