718  
WGUS41 KGYX 120624  
FLWGYX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
124 AM EST THU DEC 12 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY ME HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MAINE...  
 
SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY AFFECTING OXFORD COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRAY.  
 
 
 
MEC017-121830-  
/O.NEW.KGYX.FL.W.0039.241212T0657Z-241212T2030Z/  
/ROXM1.1.ER.241212T0657Z.241212T1200Z.241212T1429Z.UU/  
124 AM EST THU DEC 12 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE ROUTE 17 IN BYRON  
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BYRON VILLAGE ROAD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1:00 AM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 8.7 FEET THIS MORNING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4475 7070 4476 7059 4454 7050 4452 7060  
 
 
 
JC  
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