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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

928 PM 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 600 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING.





FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.



INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH NORTHERN NEW

ENGLAND AND INTO CANADA BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY.  A TRAILING COLD FRONT

WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.



A STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL BRING WARM TEMPERATURES AND HEAVY RAIN

OVERNIGHT...WITH THE RAIN ENDING OR CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS AND

TEMPERATURES TURNING COLDER WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.



HEAVY RAIN...SNOWMELT AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF

SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS TONIGHT.  ON THURSDAY LARGER RIVERS HAVE

THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AS THE SWOLLEN TRIBUTARIES FEED INTO THEM.



IF YOU LIVE NEAR A RIVER OR STREAM...OR TRAVEL INTO AREAS PRONE TO

FLOODING...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER.  DO NOT TRY TO CROSS

ANY ROAD COVERED BY WATER.  REMEMBER THAT ICE JAMS ARE VERY

UNPREDICTABLE AND CAN CAUSE SUDDEN RISES ON AFFECTED RIVERS OR

STREAMS AND CAUSE FLOODING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.



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

...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.



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SJC

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