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WGUS51 KGYX 121313
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MEC007-017-121900-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
913 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
NORTHERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
* AT 913 AM EDT, HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN MAINE
MOUNTAINS. THIS RAIN WILL ACCELERATE SNOWMELT LEADING TO FLASH
FLOODING. THE EXPECTATION IS THAT RAINFALL RATES AND COVERAGE OF
HEAVY RAIN MAY INCREASE GOING THROUGH MIDDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR LOCALLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IN
STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO RESULT IN WASHOUTS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING ARE FOCUSED
OVER SNOW COVERED LOCATIONS INCLUDING...
FARMINGTON, NEWRY, BETHEL, EUSTIS, RANGELEY, ANDOVER AND
CARRABASSETT VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4524 7090 4523 7086 4523 7084 4526 7085
4532 7081 4538 7048 4514 7042 4517 7031
4511 7029 4513 7016 4495 7011 4494 7015
4485 7013 4486 7004 4477 7000 4468 7000
4468 6996 4426 7100 4527 7108 4530 7091
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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