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WGUS51 KGYX 240553

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MEC007-017-241145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

1248 AM EST FRI DEC 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FARMINGTON

  OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RUMFORD



* UNTIL 645 AM EST



* AT 1248 AM EST...THE SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY WAS 8.5 FEET AND

  RISING RAPIDLY.  FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET.  THE RIVER IS EXPECTED

  TO CREST BETWEEN 9 AND 10 FEET BY 3 AM THIS MORNING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN PORTIONS OF OXFORD AND 

FRANKLINE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.



LAT...LON 4525 7092 4523 7087 4530 7084 4538 7066

      4546 7057 4530 7046 4516 7043 4514 7036

      4467 7006 4420 7084 4523 7095

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