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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
642 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND UPSTREAM OF THE WARNED AREA.
AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3
HOURS IN AN AREA FROM WATERBORO TO LYMAN. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED...BUT MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ON THE WAY WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD
TO FLOODING FROM EAST OF WATERBORO TO ALFRED...LYMAN AND GOODWINS
MILLS AND ESPECIALLY FOR PLACES IN BETWEEN THESE TOWNS.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES A FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN
EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE OR POSSIBLY TWO INCHES ARE
LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING...HIGH WATER OR HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...
1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4357 7067 4352 7056 4343 7064 4349 7076
SJC
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