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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

408 AM EST WED DEC 17 2003



...FLOOD WATCH...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ANDROSCOGGIN...KNOX...SAGADAHOC...LINCOLN...

KENNEBEC...BELKNAP...STRAFFORD...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK...OXFORD...

SOMERSET...FRANKLIN...WALDO...YORK...CUMBERLAND...ROCKINGHAM...

GRAFTON AND CARROLL UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING.



THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUES FOR

TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.



LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY WHILE MOVING UP THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON

TODAY.  THE STORM CENTER WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND

TONIGHT.  AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM A STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL DEVELOP. 

THIS WILL BRING WARM AIR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TO THE

REGION.  THE RAIN WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION

TODAY...ENDING BY LATE TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES INTO QUEBEC PROVINCE.



CURRENT INDICATIONS SHOW THAT WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND CENTRAL

AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE COULD PICK UP ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN

FROM THIS STORM.  THIS MUCH RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH MELTING SNOW

AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS

TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.



MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION...FOR FURTHER

UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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