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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
200 PM EST WED NOV 26 2008
...ICE MOVEMENT ON NORTHERN MAINE'S RIVERS...
RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SOME SIGNIFICANT RISES OF RIVER 
LEVELS ACROSS NORTHERN AN CENTRAL MAINE. RISES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE 
COMMON ON THE SAINT JOHN...AROOSTOOK AND PENOBSCOT RIVERS...WITH 4 
TO 6 FOOT RISES COMMON IN THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER BASIN.
THESE RIVER RISES HAVE SHAKEN LOOSE MUCH OF THE NEWLY FORMED RIVER 
ICE IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THESE RIVERS. THIS ICE IS NOW FLOWING 
DOWNSTREAM...FORMING SOME SMALL ICE JAMS AS IS GOES.
REMOTE MONITORING STATIONS AT NINE MILE BRIDGE...ON THE SAINT JOHN 
RIVER...MASARDIS ON THE AROOSTOOK RIVER...WEST ENFIELD ON THE 
PENOBSCOT RIVER HAVE SHOWN THE TELLTALE SPIKES ASSOCIATED WITH ICE 
MOVEMENT...AND A RIVER SPOTTER IN GUILFORD REPORTED A SMALL ICE JAM 
ON THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER THERE.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR WATERWAYS OF ALL TYPES SHOULD MONITOR WATER 
LEVELS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE AS NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO THIS AND OTHER PRODUCTS BY VISITING 
OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.
REPORT ANY ICE JAMS OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 
SO THEY CAN RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
OFFICE IN CARIBOU. YOU CAN ALSO REPORT FLOODING VIA OUR AUTOMATED 
SYSTEM BY CALLING 1-877-633-6772.  
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