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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

813 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 811 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM   

  THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ALONG THE SAINT JOHN...ALLAGASH AND SAINT   

  FRANCIS RIVERS.



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

  LAKE...FORT KENT AND MADAWASKA.



HEAVY RAIN NOW CAUSING FLOODING IN ALLAGASH WILL MOVE INTO FORT KENT 

WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES...AND INTO THE MADAWASKA AREA WITHIN THE 

NEXT HOUR. PRECIPITATION REPORTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES...OVER JUST 

THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...ARE COMMON. BY 1000 PM EDT...AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE-HALF TO ONE-AND-ONE-HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED 

OVER THIS PREVIOUSLY FLOODED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4660 6983 4659 6882 4717 6826 4751 6919



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