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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

1001 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006



MEC003-280215-

AROOSTOOK ME-

1001 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWESTERN AROOSTOOK

COUNTY...



ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE STILL PRESENT IN 

AROOSTOOK COUNTY...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREAS 

AFFECTED BY THE EVENING FLOODING.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE WERE MEASURED BY WEATHER SPOTTERS 

AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES FROM CLAYTON LAKE TO DICKEY TO FORT KENT 

AND MADAWASKA.  FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY SEVERAL SOURCES IN 

THE SAINT JOHN VALLEY...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED.  

REPORTS AT THIS HOUR INDICATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS 

HAD BEEN DISPATCHED TO DEAL WITH THESE CLOSURES.



BE CAREFULLY IF TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA TONIGHT AS THE DANGERS 

OF PREVIOUSLY FLOODED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4660 6974 4659 6873 4730 6803 4746 6898



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