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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

800 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2001



...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS FAR

   NORTHERN MAINE...



HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...

RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOSING A PORTION OF ROUTE 162 FROM SAINT AGATHA TO 

SINCLAIR HAVE DIMINISHED.



EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA RANGED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. AS 

A RESULT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL CLOGGED A CULVERT RESULTING IN WATER 

COVERING ONE LANE ON ROUTE 162 NEAR THE BORDER OF SAINT AGATHA AND 

SINCLAIR. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS REPAIRED THE CULVERT 

AND BOTH LANES OF ROUTE 162 ARE OPEN.



MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL LINGER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS...THEN SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. 



FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT 

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



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