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WGUS41 KCAR 181342
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
942 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2026
MEC019-021-190145-
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PENOBSCOT ME-PISCATAQUIS ME-
942 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MAINE,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE,
PENOBSCOT. IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE, PISCATAQUIS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 945 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 940 AM EDT, PENOBSCOT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
FLOODING DUE TO AN ICE JAM ON THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER IN
MAXFIELD. FLOODING ALONG THE MAXFIELD ROAD IS THREATENING
HOMES NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HOWLAND, ENFIELD, MEDFORD AND MAXFIELD.
- 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 4527 6883 4529 6882 4528 6879 4529 6878
4529 6875 4529 6874 4528 6872 4527 6870
4527 6868 4524 6865 4523 6866 4525 6868
4525 6870 4527 6875 4526 6879
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