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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

429 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF RIPOGENUS...MOUNT KATAHDIN...BAXTER

  ST PARK...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 422 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN ONE 

  HOUR IN THE VICINITY OF RIPOGENUS AND THE BAXTER STATE PARK REGION. 



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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

BANKS OF BROOKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR BROOKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

BROOKS.



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LAT...LON 4613 6924 4612 6882 4569 6883 4563 6925



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