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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
355 PM EDT Tue Apr 19 2022

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Washington ME-
355 PM EDT Tue Apr 19 2022

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is 
  expected.

* WHERE...A portion of DownEast Maine, including the following 
  county, Washington.

* WHEN...Until 700 PM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of creeks, streams, and other low-lying and 
  flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue 
  to rise due to excess runoff.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 353 PM EDT, Doppler radar, trained spotters, and automated
    rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is already
    occurring in the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of
    rain have fallen.
  - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are possible in
    the warned area.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Calais, Machias, Lubec, Eastport, Cherryfield, Vanceboro,
    Jonesport, Steuben, Harrington, Perry, Pembroke, Princeton,
    Jonesboro, Columbia Falls, Cutler, Columbia, Topsfield,
    Meddybemps, Grand Lake Stream and Deblois.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become 
unstable and unsafe.

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LAT...LON 4466 6801 4564 6768 4560 6745 4550 6742
      4549 6750 4538 6742 4528 6749 4516 6741
      4513 6734 4519 6728 4516 6716 4491 6697
      4484 6698 4480 6690 4458 6723 4452 6747
      4444 6751 4440 6773 4443 6777 4437 6794


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MStrauser