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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY, MAINE
1211 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE 
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MAINE

  SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY AFFECTING OXFORD COUNTY

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW 70S TODAY AND WILL REMAIN
IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S THIS EVENING PRODUCING EXCESSIVE
SNOWMELT RUNOFF. A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA TONIGHT WILL
PRODUCE RAIN SHOWERS DROPPING AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAIN AND
INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF ENTERING THE RIVER. THIS WILL AID IN
KEEPING THE RIVER LEVEL HIGH THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW IF THE ROAD IS 
SAFE FOR TRAVEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET.

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1211 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 11AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...3.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 7.3 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  TOMORROW LATE MORNING.

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