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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

1205 AM EDT MON APR 30 2001



...NICHOLS BROOK CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER A SMALL SECTION OF ROUTE 223 

   BETWEEN CARIBOU AND LIMESTONE...



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

SPILLING ONTO A SMALL PORTION OF ROUTE 223 EAST...OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 

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

ROAD.



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

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

STILL FLOWING OVER ABOUT 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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