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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
329 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023

The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West Central Aroostook County in northern Maine...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 329 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour and 30 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches 
  are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Tributary streams for both the Big Black and Saint John rivers at 
  Big Black and Nine Mile Bridge crossings.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 4702 6967 4705 6961 4701 6945 4697 6943
      4684 6946 4671 6945 4661 6952 4661 6970
      4684 6976 4691 6978 4693 6977 4697 6973
      4701 6968

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES

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