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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
815 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009

MEC009-019-029-301200-
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PENOBSCOT ME-HANCOCK ME-WASHINGTON ME-
815 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLD TOWN...NEWPORT...BANGOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BUCKSPORT...BLUE HILL...
  BAR HARBOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MACHIAS...LUBEC...EASTPORT...
  CHERRYFIELD...CALAIS...

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY

* AT 806 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA. WEATHER SPOTTERS AND AUTOMATED GAGES 
  REPORT ANYWHERE FROM 1.4 INCHES IN THE ORONO AND BANGOR REGION TO  
  OVER 2.5 INCHES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. 

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 3   
  TO 6 HOURS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO STREET 
  FLOODING AND SMALL STREAMS AND BROOKS TO SPILL OVER THEIR
  BANKS.    

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4444 6758 4452 6760 4433 6806 4447 6826
      4428 6827 4428 6830 4424 6823 4424 6824
      4439 6850 4415 6869 4469 6883 4464 6918
      4494 6932 4529 6746 4482 6695

$$

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