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WGUS51 KGYX 111415

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NHC009-111715-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

1015 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GRAFTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



* UNTIL 115 PM EDT



* AT 1007 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GRAFTON COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST HOUR. ANOTHER 

INCH OF RAIN IN LIKELY IN THIS AREA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SLOWLY  

NORTHWEST.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WENTWORTH...WARREN...LOST RIVER...LAKE TARLETON STATE PARK...EASTON

AND BENTON.



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.



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.



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.



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 4396 7208 4416 7202 4415 7173 4362 7180

      4362 7208



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