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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

553 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GRAFTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CANAAN AND 

SOUTHWEST OF DORCHESTER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

CANAAN... DORCHESTER... AND WENTWORTH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 4393 7209 4395 7187 4365 7183 4364 7205



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