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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

1120 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...PORTAGE...EAGLE LAKE



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1118 PM EDT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG  

  THE LITTLE MADAWASKA ROAD IN WESTMANLAND. 



* 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.



* BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE

  THE DANGERS OF ROAD AND STREAM FLOODING. DRIVE VERY CAUTIOUSLY.

  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

  QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO

  NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



* IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...

  RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

  CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING

  THREATENING RAINS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

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



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CARIBOU MAINE.



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