

000 

WGUS71 KCAR 110548

FFSCAR

MEC003-111000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

145 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL AROOSTOOK COUNTY 

CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



AT 136 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL OVER NORTHWESTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY 

MOVING TOWARD THE MADAWASKA AND VAN BUREN AREAS. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG THE VIOLETTE STREAM ON ST. MARYS ROAD IN VAN BUREN. SOME HOUSES 

HAD WATER GOING INTO THEM AND 3 HOUSES WERE BEING PUMPED OUT. THE 

ALEXANDER ROAD WAS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. OTHER RURAL ROADS IN NORTHERN 

AROOSTOOK COUNTY HAD SOME WASHOUTS. 



FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA ALONG THE VIOLETTE STREAM THROUGH THE 

MORNING HOURS AS MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.     



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT.



$$



HEWITT

NNNN

