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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

518 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN BELKNAP COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...

  CENTRAL GRAFTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH 

OF PLYMOUTH TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 

EAST AT 8 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

PLYMOUTH...ASHLAND AND HOLDERNESS.



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

WARNED AREA WHICH IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL 

AND FLOODING.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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 4389 7173 4393 7157 4363 7153 4361 7178



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