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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

451 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...

  SOUTHEASTERN COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GILEAD...OR ABOUT 9 

  MILES WEST OF BETHEL.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS OF 

WESTERN OXFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN COOS COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING OF ROADS ARE LIKELY.



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.



IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING 

FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND 

GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



LAT...LON 4455 7096 4442 7079 4430 7099 4444 7115

TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 231DEG 6KT 4442 7097



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