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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

945 AM EDT TUE APR 24 2001



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



AT 915 AM...THE LITTLE MADAWASKA STREAM NEAR WESTMANLAND BETWEEN 

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

JAM. WATER WAS FLOWING OVER A PORTION OF THE LITTLE MADAWASKA ROAD  

AND HAS STARTED TO ERODE SOME OF THE ROAD APART ABOUT 75 FEET FROM 

THE BRIDGE. 



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

PROPERTY. HOWEVER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER BY 

VEHICLE OR BY FOOT.



FOSTER



 

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