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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
841 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
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FRANKLIN ME-
841 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WESTERN MAINE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, FRANKLIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 545 PM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. DEPENDING ON
ICE BEHAVIOR, ANY RELEASE OF THE ICE JAM COULD RESULT IN SUDDEN
RISES OF WATER, LEADING TO A RAPID FLOODING SITUATION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 841 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED AN ICE JAM ALONG
THE CARRABASSETT RIVER. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ALONG
ISLAND ROAD IN KINGFIELD.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGFIELD.
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.
LAT...LON 4495 7014 4495 7016 4498 7018 4498 7016
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