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WGUS81 KCAR 251949
FLSCAR
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
349 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2025
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AROOSTOOK ME-
349 PM EDT TUE MAR 25 2025
...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHERN MAINE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, AROOSTOOK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...WATER OVER THE NORTH CARIBOU ROAD AT THE CARIBOU AND
FORT FAIRFIELD TOWN LINE, THE NORTH CARIBOU ROAD AND STRICKLAND
ROAD INTERSECTION, AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE
AROOSTOOK RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 347 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT AN ICE JAM
REMAINS LOCKED IN PLACE. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING.
- AN ICE JAM REMAINS LOCKED IN PLACE AND IS CAUSING NORTH
CARIBOU ROAD TO FLOOD AT THE FORT FAIRFIELD TOWN LINE.
STRICKLAND ROAD REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. GRIMES ROAD
IS STILL COVERED WITH LARGE PIECES OF ICE AND HAS BEEN
DAMAGED. THE ROAD REMAINS CLOSED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARIBOU AND FORT FAIRFIELD.
- FOR FLOOD SAFETY VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE AND FALL QUICKLY IN THE VICINITY OF ICE JAMS.
THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG RIVERS AND TRIBUTARY STREAMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY FLUCTUATING WATER LEVELS IN THE VICINITY OF ICE
JAMS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR AROUND CLOSED ROAD
BARRICADES. THE BARRICADES ARE THERE FOR YOUR SAFETY DUE TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAM RELEASES OR CONTINUED FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4678 6785 4681 6790 4682 6789 4681 6787
4679 6784
BRENNAN
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