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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

710 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2006



MEC021-200145-

PISCATAQUIS ME-

710 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...



AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS

COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MILO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES

SOUTHEAST OF BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...MOVING SLOWLY EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15

MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES UP TO 3.50 TO 4.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS

FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 HOURS.

WATERWAYS AFFECTED BY THIS RAINFALL ARE THE SEBEC RIVER...GRAPEVINE

STREAM...BEAR BROOK STREAM AND TROUT BROOK. PEAKS-KENNY STATE PARK

IS ALSO BEING AFFECTED BY THIS RAINFALL IN ADDITION TO THE TOWNS OF

BOWERBANK...SEBEC LAKE AND WILLIMANTIC AND THE IMMEDIATE AREA AROUND

STATE ROUTE 150. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS STILL

POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNING AREA BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS WITHIN THE NEXT

HOUR.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS

OR CREEKS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4535 6920 4520 6944 4519 6890 4532 6890



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