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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

1202 PM EST WED DEC 24 2003



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ANDROSCOGGIN...KENNEBEC...OXFORD...SOMERSET...

FRANKLIN...GRAFTON...CARROLL AND COOS UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY

EVENING...



RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND

CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT.  ALONG WITH THE RAIN...MILD TEMPERATURES WILL

CAUSE SOME SNOWMELT WHICH WILL ADD TO THE RUNOFF.  AT THIS TIME HALF

AN INCH TO AROUND AN INCH OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE

POTENTIAL FOR SOME AREAS TO RECEIVE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN.



THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE THIS

AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TONIGHT

AND THURSDAY.



LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH NEW YORK STATE THIS

EVENING AND INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC PROVINCE OVERNIGHT.  A TRAILING COLD

FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY.  A WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW

AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN AND WARM

TEMPERATURES.



THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE

TONIGHT.  HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD INTO THURSDAY

ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWMELT AND RUNOFF.



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

...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOD POTENTIAL.

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