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WGUS41 KGYX 171735  
FLWGYX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
135 PM EDT MON MAR 17 2025  
 
MEC007-025-180230-  
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FRANKLIN ME-SOMERSET ME-  
135 PM EDT MON MAR 17 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG THE  
SANDY RIVER NEAR FARMINGTON.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND WESTERN MAINE, INCLUDING THE  
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE, SOMERSET. IN WESTERN  
MAINE, FRANKLIN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1030 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 129 PM EDT, LOCAL FIRE SERVICES REPORTED RISING WATER  
ALONG THE SANDY RIVER DUE TO AN ICE JAM EXTENDING FROM  
FARMINGTON FALLS TO NEW SHARON. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO  
RISE AND COULD IMPACT LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING UP TO MAIN  
STREET IN FARMINGTON IF THE JAM DOES NOT BREAK UP BEFOREHAND.  
THE FLOOD THREAT WILL EXTEND TO POINTS DOWNSTREAM INCLUDING  
NEW SHARON AND MERCER WITH EXPECTATIONS THAT THE ICE WILL  
BREAK UP AND DRIFT DOWNSTREAM WHERE ADDITIONAL JAMS ARE  
POSSIBLE.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
FARMINGTON, CHESTERVILLE, NEW SHARON, STARKS AND MERCER.  
 
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 4467 6990 4459 7007 4465 7018 4470 7017  
4464 7006 4472 6992  
 
 
 
SJ  
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