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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

856 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAFTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN 

GRAFTON COUNTY...AND HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 

HOUR OR TWO.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH 

WOODSTOCK...WATERVILLE VALLEY...THORNTON...ELLSWORTH...LISBON...AND 

FRANCONIA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 4433 7191 4419 7159 4400 7138 4398 7138

      4390 7149 4389 7157 4385 7156 4374 7169

      4388 7191 4412 7205



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