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MEC021-020530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

1030 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED FROM TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES   

  ACROSS THE REGION. 



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

  LAKE...TAMWAY...RIPOGENUS...MOUNT KATAHDIN...LOBSTER LAKE...

  CHESUNCOOK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE AND BAXTER ST PARK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. CAMPERS ARE URGED TO GO TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4648 6891 4647 6970 4530 6962 4577 6888



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