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075 

RWUS32 KPWM 222110

FFSPWM

MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-230500-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

409 PM EST THU MAR 22 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CUMBERLAND

AND YORK COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MAINE AND ROCKINGHAM AND STRAFFORD IN

NEW HAMPSHIRE...



RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MAINE AND

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...BETWEEN 2.5 AND

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.  THIS IS NEARING AND EXCEEDING THE

AMOUNT OF RAIN NEEDED TO BEGIN FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.



THE OYSTER RIVER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL IN SOME

LOCATIONS...AND IS IN FLOOD IN OTHERS.  THE COMBINATION OF

OCCASIONAL RAIN...RUNOFF AND SNOWMELT WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING

THERE THROUGH THIS EVENING.  RT 108 BETWEEN NEWMARKET AND DURHAM

MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WELL.



OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY BE NEAR BANKFULL IN THE WARNING

AREA.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL RIVER OR STREAM...BE ON THE ALERT

FOR RISING WATER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



AS TEMPERATURES COOL AFTER DARK...THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND

EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW.



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.  IF FLOODWATERS THREATEN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS...MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



HAYES

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RWUS32 KPWM 222139 COR

FFSPWM

MEZ018-019-023-024-NHZ010-013-014-230500-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

409 PM EST THU MAR 22 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CUMBERLAND

AND YORK COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MAINE AND ROCKINGHAM AND STRAFFORD IN

NEW HAMPSHIRE...



RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MAINE AND

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...BETWEEN 2.5 AND

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.  THIS IS NEARING AND EXCEEDING THE

AMOUNT OF RAIN NEEDED TO BEGIN FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.



THE OYSTER RIVER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL IN SOME

LOCATIONS...AND IS IN FLOOD IN OTHERS.  THE COMBINATION OF

OCCASIONAL RAIN...RUNOFF AND SNOWMELT WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING

THERE THROUGH THIS EVENING.  RT 108 BETWEEN NEWMARKET AND DURHAM

MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WELL.



OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY BE NEAR BANKFULL IN THE WARNING

AREA.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL RIVER OR STREAM...BE ON THE ALERT

FOR RISING WATER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



AS TEMPERATURES COOL AFTER DARK...THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND

EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW.



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.  IF FLOODWATERS THREATEN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS...MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



HAYES



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