982
WGUS81 KCAR 131121
FLSCAR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
721 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MAINE...
PISCATAQUIS RIVER ABOVE DOVER-FOXCROFT AFFECTING PISCATAQUIS
COUNTY.
FOR THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER...INCLUDING BLANCHARD, DOVER-FOXCROFT,
ABBOT, MEDFORD...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 545 PM EDT.
MEC021-132145-
/O.EXT.KCAR.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-240413T2134Z/
/DOVM1.1.ER.240413T0253Z.240413T0815Z.240413T1534Z.NO/
721 AM EDT SAT APR 13 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PISCATAQUIS RIVER ABOVE DOVER-FOXCROFT.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, BACK ROAD IN ABBOT FLOODED. FLOODWATERS
ENCROACH ON GUILFORD RECREATIONAL FIELDS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 11.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.3 FEET EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.5 FEET ON 01/28/1996.
- 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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