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WGUS41 KGYX 182351
FLWGYX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
751 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
...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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRAY.
MEC017-190930-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FL.W.0009.260618T2351Z-260619T0917Z/
/ROXM1.1.ER.260618T2338Z.260619T0000Z.260619T0316Z.UU/
751 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE ROUTE 17 A FEW MILES
NORTH OF BYRON VILLAGE ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.6
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4475 7070 4476 7059 4454 7050 4452 7060
BARON
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