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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1142 AM EST SUN NOV 15 2009
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ANDROSCOGGIN ME-OXFORD ME-YORK ME-SAGADAHOC ME-CUMBERLAND ME-
1142 AM EST SUN NOV 15 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE...
SOUTHERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE...
WESTERN SAGADAHOC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE...
* UNTIL 300 PM EST
* AT 1140 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE RAIN HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SOME RIVERS
ARE STILL RISING...WHILE OTHERS ARE JUST CRESTING. THE RUNOFF FROM
THE HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT IS STILL ENTERING SMALL RIVERS...CREEKS
AND STREAMS...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ALSO...THERE IS
STILL STANDING WATER ON ROADS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4343 7095 4359 7096 4423 7096 4453 7062
4453 7038 4429 7024 4401 6987 4379 7001
4382 7008 4377 6999 4376 7018 4369 7023
4368 7023 4370 7014 4364 7021 4356 7019
4353 7034 4320 7059
SH
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