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000 

WGUS71 KGYX 140906

FFSGYX

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-140300-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

506 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004



...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...CARROLL AND COOS UNTIL 600 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING.





LOW PRESSURE IN NEW JERSEY WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST TODAY AND

TONIGHT.  THIS WILL GIVE US OCCASIONAL RAIN AND DRIZZLE TODAY.  



ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ON

TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.  AROUND AN INCH FELL OVER THE REST OF NEW

HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE.  THE MILD TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO CAUSING

THE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS TO MELT.  THE COMBINED RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN

AND THE SNOWMELT IS CAUSING RIVERS TO RISE RATHER QUICKLY.  SOME

RIVERS COULD REACH OR EXCEED BANKFUL DURING TODAY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.  IF 

FLOODING BEGINS OR BECOMES IMMINENT THEN A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 

ISSUED.



PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT 

FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY.



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

...FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE.



$$

TEB

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000 

WGUS71 KGYX 141143 CCA

FFSGYX

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-141600-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

506 AM EDT WED APR 14 2004



...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...CARROLL AND COOS UNTIL 600 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING.





LOW PRESSURE IN NEW JERSEY WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST TODAY AND

TONIGHT.  THIS WILL GIVE US OCCASIONAL RAIN AND DRIZZLE TODAY.  



ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE ON

TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.  AROUND AN INCH FELL OVER THE REST OF NEW

HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE.  THE MILD TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO CAUSING

THE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS TO MELT.  THE COMBINED RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN

AND THE SNOWMELT IS CAUSING RIVERS TO RISE RATHER QUICKLY.  SOME

RIVERS COULD REACH OR EXCEED BANKFUL DURING TODAY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.  IF 

FLOODING BEGINS OR BECOMES IMMINENT THEN A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 

ISSUED.



PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT 

FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY.



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

...FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE.



$$

TEB

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