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WGUS81 KCAR 130746
FLSCAR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
346 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MAINE...
PISCATAQUIS RIVER ABOVE DOVER-FOXCROFT AFFECTING PISCATAQUIS
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS MORNING AT 930 AM EDT.
MEC021-131330-
/O.EXT.KCAR.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-240413T1330Z/
/DOVM1.1.ER.240413T0253Z.240413T0715Z.240413T1135Z.NO/
346 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...PISCATAQUIS RIVER ABOVE DOVER-FOXCROFT.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, BACK ROAD IN ABBOT FLOODED. FLOODWATERS
ENCROACH ON GUILFORD RECREATIONAL FIELDS.
AT 12.0 FEET, BASEMENT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN SEVERAL PROPERTIES
IN DOVER-FOXCROFT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:30 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 11.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.5 FEET MONDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.7 FEET ON 04/21/1950.
- FOR FLOOD SAFETY VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4518 6945 4519 6942 4525 6899 4519 6898
4516 6921 4513 6942
SINKO
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