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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

322 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LIMESTONE...FORT FAIRFIELD...



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN    

  LIMESTONE AND FORT FAIRFIELD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

BROOKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NOYES 

CREEK...COLONEY BROOK AND LITTLE MADAWASKA STREAM.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4679 6798 4670 6778 4693 6780 4688 6796



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NOUHAN

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