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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

150 PM EDT WED APR 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING A FLOOD WARNING FOR COOS 

COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNTIL 400 PM EDT THIS WEDNESDAY 

AFTERNOON.



THE UPPER ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS RISEN 

SHARPLY DUE TO RECENT SNOWMELT.  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER IS ALSO 

EXPERIENCING FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.



THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS...



FOR THE ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER IN COOS COUNTY...FLOODING CAUSED A ROAD 

CLOSURE ALONG MEADOW ROAD IN SHELBURNE AND HIGH WATER HAS BEEN 

REPORTED AONG ROUTE 110A IN THE CEDAR POND AREA OF MILAN AND ALONG 

MAIN STREET /ROUTES 2 AND 16/ IN GORHAM.



FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER IN COOS COUNTY...FLOODING CAUSED ROAD 

CLOSURES ALONG ROUTE 135 IN THE LANCASTER - DALTON AREA AND ON THE 

NORTH END OF OLD VILLAGE ROAD IN NORTH UMBERLAND.



THE NEW HAMPSHIRE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED WATER OVER 

ROUTE 16 IN BERLIN AND A 4 MILE SECITON OF NORTH ROAD NEAR DALTON 

WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  THE BERLIN STATE POLICE DISPATCH  

CONFIRMED WATER RISING ONTO ROADS IN BERLIN.



PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THESE RIVERS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY  

ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.  DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED 

ROADS.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



SJC/NWS GRAY ME

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