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MEZ021-NHZ007-281429-
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
929 PM EST SAT DEC 27 2008
...LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS HAVE EASED... 
AT 8 PM...THE STAGE ON THE SUGAR RIVER AT WEST CLAREMONT WAS 3.8
FEET AND HOLDING STEADY. FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET
AT 9 PM...THE STAGE ON THE KENNEBEC RIVER AT AUGUSTA WAS 9.6 
FEET AND CONTINUED FALLING SLOWLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FEET.  
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA...THEN REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
EVENING.  RISING TEMPERATURES AND SNOW MELT MAY CAUSE ANY ICE JAMS TO
SHIFT OR EVEN BREAK UP FURTHER. 
THE MOVEMENT AND FORMATION OF ICE JAMS CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
FORECAST...RIVER RISES AND FALLS CAN OCCUR VERY QUICKLY. FLOODING CAN
OCCUR QUICKLY BEHIND ICE JAMS...OR DOWNSTREAM IF THE ICE JAM LETS
LOOSE AND RELEASES THE BACKED UP WATER.
 
OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCING ICE JAMS ACROSS
NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN MAINE. PEOPLE ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE
REGION SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUDDEN ICE JAMS.
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