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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

712 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BLANCHARD ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 6 AND 15. RADAR  

  ESTIMATES INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. 



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL STREAMS...URBAN AREAS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES

 ...AS WELL AS COUNTRY ROADS AND LOW LYING FARMLANDS IN RURAL AREAS.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

  CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

  QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE.



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