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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

837 PM EST SUN OCT 26 2003



...HEAVY RAIN ON TAP FOR MONDAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE...

.AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AND MONDAY 

NIGHT.  THE RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK TUESDAY 

AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSHES OFF TO OUR EAST.  



...FLOOD WATCH...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ANDROSCOGGIN...KENNEBEC...BELKNAP...

STRAFFORD...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK...OXFORD...SOMERSET...FRANKLIN...

WALDO...YORK...CUMBERLAND...ROCKINGHAM...GRAFTON...CARROLL AND COOS

UNTIL 700 AM EST TUESDAY MORNING.

EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH SOME INLAND AREAS 

RECEIVING UP TO 3 INCHES.  THIS MUCH RAIN OVER A 36 HOUR PERIOD WILL 

CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.  RISES ON LARGER 

RIVERS WILL TAKE A BIT LONGER.



ANYONE PLANNING TO BE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY 

NIGHT SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF 

FLOODING.  BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING BEGINS 

OR IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A FLOOD WARNING.  DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY ROAD COVERED BY RUNNING WATER.



CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION 

FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.



TEB

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