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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

429 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007



MEC007-017-032145-

OXFORD ME-FRANKLIN ME-

429 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTIES...



AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR WELD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF FARMINGTON...MOVING EAST

AT 5 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

PHILLIPS...WELD...ANDOVER AND ROXBURY.



RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN THE 

WARNED AREA BETWEEN 130 PM AND 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON.



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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.



LAT...LON 4487 7036 4469 7021 4451 7080 4467 7087

TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 250DEG 6KT 4467 7033



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