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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1003 PM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
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FRANKLIN ME-SOMERSET ME-
1003 PM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG THE
SANDY RIVER NEAR FARMINGTON AND FARMINGTON FALLS.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND WESTERN MAINE, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE, SOMERSET. IN WESTERN
MAINE, FRANKLIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* 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 956 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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. FORECAST VALUES REPRESENT ICE-FREE FLOW.
LAT...LON 4467 6990 4459 7007 4465 7018 4470 7017
4464 7006 4472 6992
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