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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

934 PM EST THU MAR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MAINE

  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

  STRAFFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE



* UNTIL 900 AM EST FRIDAY



RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN

MAINE AND ROCKINGHAM AND STRAFFORD COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SINCE EARLY MORNING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 2.5 AND

5.0 INCHES.  THIS IS CLOSE TO...OR MORE THAN...THE AMOUNT OF

RAINFALL NECESSARY TO BEGIN FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.



SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL.  THE RAIN WILL

GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL TO NEAR

FREEZING.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY...AS

WELL AS SNOWMELT...WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOME OF THE SMALL RIVERS

AND STREAMS OVER THEIR BANKS.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL RIVER OR

STREAM...BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE IS

FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD



HAYES



 

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