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WGUS81 KGYX 040200
FLSGYX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1000 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

MEC007-017-040500-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FA.Y.0025.090704T0200Z-090704T0500Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OXFORD ME-FRANKLIN ME-
1000 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
  SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 954 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OXFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES IN WESTERN MAINE.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN
TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH
RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4435 7086 4485 7006 4461 7005 4421 7071

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FZUS71 KGYX 040126
MWSGYX

MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

ANZ152>154-040300-
926 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WATERS...

AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS... FROM 14 NM
NORTHWEST OF PORTLAND HARBOR TO 6 NM WEST OF CAPE NEDDICK...OR FROM
14 NM NORTHWEST OF PORTLAND HARBOR TO 7 NM NORTH OF PORTSMOUTH
HARBOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDE CAPE
NEDDICK...CAPE ARUNDEL...PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT...PORTLAND BUOY...
HALFWAY ROCK LIGHT AND BAILEY ISLAND.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 4315 7063 4333 7055 4344 7036 4356 7034
      4357 7021 4364 7023 4365 7029 4385 7009
      4383 6990 4388 6986 4371 6984 4377 6979
      4391 6982 4382 6975 4389 6977 4390 6972
      4308 7009 4311 7087

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MARINE






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WGUS51 KGYX 032327
FFWGYX
MEC007-017-025-040230-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FF.W.0009.090703T2327Z-090704T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
727 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...
  WESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...
  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  KINGFIELD TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFTON NOTCH STATE PARK...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF FARMINGTON TO 9 MILES WEST
  OF BETHEL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PHILLIPS...SOUTH ARM...RANGELEY...BETHEL...KINGFIELD...AND EUSTIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4489 7002 4427 7100 4450 7103 4480 7104
      4530 7062 4547 7032

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