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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

532 AM EDT TUE APR 24 2001



...MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG LITTLE MADAWASKA STREAM...



AT 500 AM...THE LITTLE MADAWASKA STREAM NEAR WESTMANLAND BETWEEN

STOCKHOLM AND NEW SWEDEN WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AS A RESULT

OF AN ICE JAM. WATER WAS OBSERVED COVERING A PORTION OF THE LITTLE

MADAWASKA ROAD TO A DEPTH OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ABOUT 75 FEET FROM THE

BRIDGE.



AT THIS TIME...THIS FLOODING POSES NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR

PROPERTY. ANYONE TRAVELING ON THE LITTLE MADAWASKA ROAD SHOULD

EXPECT SOME MINOR FLOODING AND AVOID DRIVING WHERE WATER CROSSES

THE ROAD.



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