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WGUS41 KGYX 191048
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
648 AM EDT TUE SEP 19 2023
MEC007-017-191330-
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FRANKLIN ME-OXFORD ME-
648 AM EDT TUE SEP 19 2023
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WESTERN MAINE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, FRANKLIN AND OXFORD.
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM
EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 644 AM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FARMINGTON, EUSTIS, RANGELEY, RUMFORD, JAY, DIXFIELD,
ANDOVER, ERROL, WELD AND PHILLIPS.
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 4488 7105 4512 7091 4515 7053 4478 7019
4458 7017 4456 7018 4454 7083 4451 7092
4453 7103
SJ
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