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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
652 AM EDT Mon Aug 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Somerset County in west central Maine...

* Until 930 AM EDT.

* At 652 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

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

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Skowhegan, Madison, Norridgewock, Anson, Starks, Mercer and New 
  Vineyard.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

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LAT...LON 4472 6979 4469 6994 4476 7000 4477 7000
      4479 7000 4479 7001 4481 7002 4482 7002
      4485 7003 4486 6998 4483 6985 4479 6974

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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