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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

611 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN BELKNAP COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...

  SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN   

ARE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN GRAFTON AND NORTHWEST BELKNAP 

COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAIN. RADAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

CANAAN...CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...GROTON...MEREDITH...

HOLDERNESS AND ASHLAND.



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. WATER LEVEL RISES WILL BE RAPID.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



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 4375 7153 4369 7144 4353 7135 4356 7173

      4357 7174 4356 7176 4356 7182 4360 7185

      4356 7190 4357 7211 4372 7214



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