501  
WGUS41 KGYX 171059  
FLWGYX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME  
659 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY ME HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...  
 
SUNCOOK RIVER AT NORTH CHICHESTER AFFECTING MERRIMACK AND BELKNAP  
COUNTIES.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
NHC001-013-172300-  
/O.NEW.KGYX.FL.W.0003.260317T1800Z-260318T1200Z/  
/NCHN3.1.ER.260317T1800Z.260318T0000Z.260318T0600Z.UU/  
659 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW MORNING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SUNCOOK RIVER AT NORTH CHICHESTER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, WATER UP TO BACHELDER ROAD IN ALLENSTOWN.  
WATERFRONT CAMPSITES IMPACTED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:15 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 7.1 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4341 7131 4336 7118 4309 7142 4316 7152  
 
 
 
SJ  
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