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WGUS81 KGYX 221725
FLSGYX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
125 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2022
MEC001-005-023-031-221915-
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ANDROSCOGGIN ME-CUMBERLAND ME-SAGADAHOC ME-YORK ME-
125 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2022
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MAINE, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE, SAGADAHOC. IN
SOUTHWEST MAINE, ANDROSCOGGIN, CUMBERLAND AND YORK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 122 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR IN
SOUTHERN MAINE. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH EARLIER RAINFALL
COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PORTLAND, LEWISTON, SOUTH PORTLAND, AUBURN, BIDDEFORD,
BRUNSWICK, WESTBROOK, ALFRED, SANFORD, AND TOPSHAM.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4316 7071 4340 7095 4405 7013 4396 6997
4350 7024 4348 7031 4342 7029 4334 7037
4329 7052 4320 7053
SJ
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