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WGUS81 KCAR 202142
FLSCAR
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
542 PM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
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PENOBSCOT ME-
542 PM EDT FRI MAR 20 2026
...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM ON THE PISCATAQUIS
RIVER IN MAXFIELD AND HOWLAND CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, PENOBSCOT.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING WITH THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER ALONG THE
MAXFIELD AND NORTH HOWLAND ROADS. ADDITIONALLY FLOODING OF
PROPERTIES NEAR OR IN LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS BETWEEN
MAXFIELD AND HOWLAND IS POSSIBLE IF ICE SHIFTS ON THE PISCATAQUIS
RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 539 PM EDT, PENOBSCOT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
MINOR FLOODING DUE TO AN ICE JAM ALONG THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER
IN MAXFIELD TO HOWLAND. THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER REMAINS OUT OF
ITS BANKS DUE TO THE ICE JAM. FLOOD WATERS ARE SLOWLY
RECEDING ALONG THE MAXFIELD AND NORTH HOWLAND ROADS. SECTIONS
OF THE NORTH HOWLAND ROAD IS WASHED OUT BUT NO LONGER FLOODED
IN MAXFIELD. LARGE ICE CHUNKS HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO
PROPERTIES BETWEEN MAXFIELD AND HOWLAND.
- 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 6868 4524 6865 4523 6866 4525 6868
4525 6870 4527 6875 4526 6878 4527 6878
4528 6879 4529 6878 4529 6874 4527 6870
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