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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
712 AM EST SUN NOV 15 2009

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PISCATAQUIS ME-
712 AM EST SUN NOV 15 2009

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST FOR
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...

AT 705 AM EST...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAD EXITED PISCATAQUIS COUNTY
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF 
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS 
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WHERE LOCAL TOTALS
COULD HAVE EXCEEDED 4 INCHES. THE RAIN HAS CAUSED RAPID RISES ON 
STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING 
EVEN AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 
MID MORNING THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. STANDING WATER IS ALSO POSSIBLE 
IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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LAT...LON 4587 6970 4587 6965 4598 6970 4655 6968
      4652 6890 4575 6900 4522 6891 4508 6955
      4558 6971

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