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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

743 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY CONTINUES IN

EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM...



AT 743 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT RAIN WAS ENDING FROM MADAWASKA TO GRAND ISLE...ACROSS NORTHERN 

AROOSTOOK COUNTY. HOWEVER SERIOUS FLOODING CONTINUES WITH RUNOFF FROM 

THE STORM.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A TWO MILE STRETCH OF ROUTE ONE IN MADAWASKA 

HAS BEEN CLOSED FROM THE COURT HOUSE TO BEAULIEU ROAD.  THE ROAD IS

FLOODED AND PARTIALLY BLOCKED BY MUD AND ROCK SLIDES.



STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

CAMPERS IN THE AREA SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS STREAMS AS THEY MAY RISE 

SUDDENLY.





LAT...LON 4737 6833 4730 6837 4726 6815 4737 6814



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