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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

309 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006



MEC009-019-282245-

PENOBSCOT ME-HANCOCK ME-

309 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR

HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...



AT 307 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE BANGOR AREA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ORONO...OLD TOWN AND ELLSWORTH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

HIGHWAYS...ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE THESE 

TYPES OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN THE GREATER BANGOR AREA AS TRAFFIC 

INCREASES AT THE END OF THIS WORK WEEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE THE KENDUSKEAG 

STREAM IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF BANGOR...WHERE A RADAR ESTIMATED 

TWO-AND-ONE-HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN RECORDED...AND 

EATON BROOK...SOUTH OF VEAZIE...WHERE A RADAR ESTIMATED 

ONE-AND-ONE-HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAD BEEN RECORDED.



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.



LAT...LON 4505 6931 4466 6917 4435 6798 4522 6818



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000 

WGUS71 KCAR 281920

FFSCAR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

309 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006



MEC009-019-282245-

PENOBSCOT ME-HANCOCK ME-

309 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR

HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...



AT 307 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE BANGOR AREA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ORONO...OLD TOWN AND ELLSWORTH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

HIGHWAYS...ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE THESE 

TYPES OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN THE GREATER BANGOR AREA AS TRAFFIC 

INCREASES AT THE END OF THIS WORK WEEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE THE KENDUSKEAG 

STREAM IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF BANGOR...WHERE A RADAR ESTIMATED 

TWO-AND-ONE-HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN RECORDED...AND 

EATON BROOK...SOUTH OF VEAZIE...WHERE A RADAR ESTIMATED 

ONE-AND-ONE-HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAD BEEN RECORDED.



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.



LAT...LON 4505 6931 4466 6917 4435 6798 4522 6818



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MAT

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