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WGUS81 KGYX 151032
FLSGYX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
632 AM EDT MON APR 15 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MAINE...
KENNEBEC RIVER AT AUGUSTA AFFECTING KENNEBEC COUNTY.
KENNEBEC RIVER AT SKOWHEGAN AFFECTING KENNEBEC AND SOMERSET
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRAY.
MEC011-152000-
/O.EXT.KGYX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-240415T2000Z/
/ASTM1.1.ER.240413T0545Z.240414T0000Z.240415T1400Z.UU/
632 AM EDT MON APR 15 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KENNEBEC RIVER AT AUGUSTA.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD PARKING LOTS ON
FRONT STREET IN AUGUSTA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:36 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 12.1 FEET THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4439 6980 4439 6969 4428 6973 4428 6983
MEC011-025-152245-
/O.CON.KGYX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-240416T0025Z/
/SKOM1.1.ER.240413T0352Z.240414T0200Z.240415T1825Z.NO/
632 AM EDT MON APR 15 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KENNEBEC RIVER AT SKOWHEGAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 35,000.0 CFS, FLOODING BEGINS AT CAMPGROUNDS IN
SKOWHEGAN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:15 AM EDT MONDAY THE FLOW WAS 37,000.0 CFS.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER FLOW IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:15 AM EDT MONDAY WAS 48,000.0 CFS.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TO 34,100.0
CFS THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO
35,100.0 CFS THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD FLOW IS 35,000.0 CFS.
LAT...LON 4480 6992 4480 6960 4453 6955 4453 6969
4468 6968 4471 6992
MLE
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