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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

458 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BELKNAP COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL BELKNAP 

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH 

THESE STORMS.



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

AND MEREDITH.



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.



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.



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 4368 7164 4370 7146 4361 7133 4344 7131

      4343 7151 4344 7153 4345 7157



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