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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

701 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MERRIMACK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...

  SOUTHERN GRAFTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING WAS POSSIBLE FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 

DANBURY AND HILL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BRISTOL... ALEXANDRIA... DANBURY... HILL AND ANDOVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES AND 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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.



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 4360 7186 4359 7184 4362 7175 4359 7173

      4358 7172 4356 7173 4350 7167 4343 7162

      4343 7191 4355 7192



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