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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

1158 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VAN BUREN



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT





* AT 1151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE VAN BUREN AREA.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL  

  STREAMS...URBAN AREAS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES           

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



* THE VIOLETTE STREAM HAD SPILLED OVER ITS BANKS AND FLOODING HAS    

  BEEN OBSERVED ALONG THE ST. MARYS BROOK ROAD. THREE HOUSES        

  ALONG THE ST. MARYS BROOK ROAD HAVE WATER IN THEM. 



* 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.



* 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 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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