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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

726 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BELKNAP COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...

  NORTHERN MERRIMACK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 716 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN LACONIA FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA WITH ANOTHER ONE TO THREE 

INCHES LIKELY.



WITH FLASH FLOODS WATER RISES SO FAST THAT YOU MUST AVOID ANY WATER 

RUNNING ACROSS A ROAD. A COUPLE INCHES CAN BECOME A COUPLE OF FEET 

ALMOST INSTANTLY AND WASH CARS INTO RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS HAS 

ALREADY HAPPENED ALSO ROADS CAN BECOME WASHED OUT...HIDDEN BY WATER 

AND UNABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR CAR.



ALSO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



AGAIN...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.



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 4357 7184 4357 7182 4355 7181 4356 7175

      4353 7134 4358 7138 4359 7129 4354 7119

      4352 7119 4351 7120 4342 7117 4345 7179



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