Flood Warning Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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WGUS41 KGYX 130917
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Gray ME
517 AM EDT Sat Apr 13 2024
...The National Weather Service in Gray ME has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Maine...
Androscoggin River At Rumford affecting Franklin, Androscoggin
and Oxford Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/gray.
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MEC001-007-017-132130-
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/RMFM1.1.ER.240413T1020Z.240413T1800Z.240413T2100Z.NO/
517 AM EDT Sat Apr 13 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Androscoggin River at Rumford.
* WHEN...Until late this evening.
* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Low spots flood along the Swift and
Androscoggin Rivers in Mexico and Rumford.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 5:00 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 14.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this morning to a crest of 15.2 feet this afternoon. It will
then fall below flood stage late this afternoon.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
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LAT...LON 4451 7080 4458 7054 4455 7017 4444 7013
4442 7026 4438 7075
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