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Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Caribou, ME

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WGUS41 KCAR 130302
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1102 PM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

...The National Weather Service in Caribou ME has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Maine...

  Piscataquis River Above Dover-Foxcroft affecting Piscataquis
  County.

For the Piscataquis River...including Blanchard, Dover-Foxcroft,
Abbot, Medford...Minor flooding is forecast.

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.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Saturday morning at 1115 AM EDT.

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MEC021-131515-
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/DOVM1.1.ER.240413T0302Z.240413T0600Z.240413T1017Z.NO/
1102 PM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Piscataquis River above Dover-Foxcroft.

* WHEN...Until early tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Back Road in Abbot flooded. Floodwaters
  encroach on Guilford Recreational Fields.
  At 12.0 feet, Basement flooding is possible in several properties
  in Dover-Foxcroft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:45 PM EDT Friday the stage was 11.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 11.5 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    11.5 feet on 01/10/1978.
  - For flood safety visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4518 6945 4519 6942 4525 6899 4519 6898
      4516 6921 4513 6942


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