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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

501 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2001



...NICHOLS BROOK CONTINUES TO FLOW PARTIALLY OVER A SMALL SECTION 

OF ROUTE 223 BETWEEEN CARIBOU AND LIMESTONE...



THE NICHOLS BROOK...A TRIBUTARY OF THE LITTLE MADAWASKA RIVER WAS 

SPILLING ONTO A SMALL PORTION OF ROUTE 223 EAST OR OTHERWISE KNOWN 

AS THE NOYES RD...ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH MURPHY 

ROAD. 



8 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER COVERED ABOUT 20 YARDS OF THE WEST BOUND 

LANE. THE EAST BOUND REMAINS OPEN WITH A THIN LAYER OF WATER STILL 

FLOWING OVER 15 FEET OF THAT LANE. THE WATER DEPTH HAS RECEDED 

CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE 

OCCURRING.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. STAY 

TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE UPDATES. THE LATEST 

INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB PAGE AT 

WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CAR.



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