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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

1245 AM EST FRI MAR 23 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN

MAINE AND ROCKINGHAM AND STRAFFORD COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...



RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW IN JUST ABOUT ALL LOCATIONS...AS

TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR FREEZING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 2.5

TO NEARLY 5 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN ROCKINGHAM

COUNTY.



THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT HAS SEVERAL SMALL

RIVERS AND STREAMS NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL.  IN YORK COUNTY...THE

MOUSAM RIVER IN KENNEBUNKPORT REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL...AND THE

JOSIAS RIVER IN YORK HAS GONE OVER ITS BANKS IN A FEW LOCATIONS.



IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED FROM RT 108 BETWEEN

NEWMARKET AND DURHAM...AND THE OYSTER RIVER REMAINS NEAR BANKFULL.



RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT SINCE TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER

NEAR FREEZING...THE RATE OF RUNOFF SHOULD SLOW.  HOWEVER...IT MAY

BE JUST ENOUGH TO PUSH SOME OF THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS OVER

THEIR BANKS INTO FLOOD.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL RIVER OR

STREAM...BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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.



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