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WGUS81 KGYX 092336
FLSGYX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
736 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013

NHC007-100230-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COOS NH-
736 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS IN...
  NORTHERN COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 733 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE 
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF CENTRAL COOS COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS 
MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
COLEMAN STATE PARK...MILLSFIELD...STARK... AND DIXVILLE NOTCH.

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 HUNDREDS OF 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4478 7148 4502 7131 4495 7105 4452 7132
      4457 7152

$$

KIMBLE





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