FGUS81 KCAR 041825 RVSCAR MEC019-021-050600- HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 100 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010 ...ICE JAMS REMAIN LOCKED IN PLACE IN THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER BASIN... THE ICE JAMS THAT FORMED THROUGHOUT THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER BASIN IN LATE JANUARY REMAIN LOCKED IN PLACE AT THIS TIME. ON THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER...AN ICE JAM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE DOWNSTREAM OF LOWES BRIDGE. ANOTHER PISCATAQUIS RIVER JAM WAS LOCATED ON BACK ABBOT ROAD IN ABBOT VILLAGE. AN ICE JAM WAS ALSO REPORTED ON THE MEDFORD/MAXFIELD LINE...STRADDLING PISCATAQUIS AND PENOBSCOT COUNTIES. ON KINGSBURY STREAM...AN ICE JAM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE ROUTE 16 BETWEEN KINGSBURY AND ABBOT VILLAGE...IN THE VICINITY OF COLES CORNER AND HAPPY CORNER ROADS. ON WILSON STREAM...AN ICE JAM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVER ROAD IN WILLIMANTIC. FINALLY...ON THE PLEASANT RIVER BETWEEN MILO AND BROWNVILLE...AT THE GREEN BRIDGE...A LARGE ICE JAM WAS REPORTED. THESE BREAK UP ICE JAMS HAVE FROZEN IN PLACE. THE WATERWAYS HAD FOUND THEIR WAY AROUND THESE JAMS AND NO FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THESE AREAS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY THROUGH THE SPRING RUNOFF. 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. $$ MAT