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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
839 PM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023

The National Weather Service in Caribou has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Hancock County in southeastern Maine...
  Southwestern Washington County in southeastern Maine...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 839 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 3.5 and 6.5 
  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 
  1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

  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...
  Machias, Cherryfield, Jonesport, Steuben, Harrington, Jonesboro, 
  Columbia Falls, Columbia, Deblois, Millbridge, Centerville, 
  Franklin, Gouldsboro, Addison, Sullivan, Winter Harbor, Beals, 
  Roque Bluffs, Whitneyville and Northfield.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Morancy Stream, Taylor Branch, East Branch Chandler River, Pecky 
  Brook, New Stream, Beaver Brook, Old Stream, Pleasant Bay, Crotch 
  Camp Brook, Atlantic Ocean, Curtis Creek, Heath Brook, Libby 
  Brook, Machias River, East Machias River, Cole Creek, Englishman 
  Bay, Flanders Stream, Pleasant River, Western Little River, 
  Knowles Brook, Northwest Branch Montegail Stream, Southwest Branch 
  Indian River, Tenney Brook, Little River, Narraguagus Bay, 
  Chandler River, Trout Brook, Great Brook, Schoodic Brook, Tunk 
  Stream, Bells Brook, Frenchman Bay, Indian River, West Branch 
  Narraguagus River, West Branch Pleasant River, Lamsen Brook and 
  Dan Hill Brook.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4462 6820 4484 6759 4453 6740 4452 6747
      4448 6747 4445 6750 4440 6764 4441 6768
      4440 6773 4443 6777 4437 6784 4435 6798
      4431 6799 4429 6803

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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