FLOOD ADVISORY Issued For Eastern Maine

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1153 AM EDT THU OCT 12 2006

MEC003-009-019-021-029-121800-
1153 AM EDT THU OCT 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS EXTENDED THE

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
NORTHEASTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PATTEN...MILLINOCKET...LINCOLN...
HOWLAND...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
EASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...PRESQUE ISLE...
PORTAGE...LIMESTONE...HOULTON...FORT FAIRFIELD...EAGLE LAKE...
CARIBOU...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DANFORTH...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 1153 AM EDT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...WITH
ONLY ISOLATED DOWNPOURS IN NORTHERN PENOBSCOT...SOUTHERN AND
NORTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTIES.

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 3.42 INCHES IN THE DIXMONT REGION
OF WESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY TO AROUND ONE-HALF-INCH IN NORTHEAST
AROOSTOOK COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AT THE UPPER END OF THIS RANGE
COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS...AND THE HEAVY AND
RAPID NATURE OF THIS RAINFALL HAS CAUSED PONDING OF WATER ON THE
REGION'S ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED...RUNOFF INTO
DRAINAGES AND WATERWAYS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...SWELLING WATER LEVELS OF STREAMS AND BROOKS TO NEAR
BANKFULL. ALSO...LEAF LITTER AND OTHER DEBRIS CLOGGING GUTTERS AND
STORM DRAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 4507 6884 4527 6748 4732 6776 4717 6886

$$


Source: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/car/

[tropicana]

THU OCT 12 RECORD RAINFALLS

Caribou ME 0.97 inches
Worcester MA 1.35 inches
Concord NH 1.60 inches
Bangor ME 1.98 inches
Portland ME 2.69 inches
Victoria TX 3.04 inches

IN CANADA

Sherbrooke WC 18.5 mm
Yarmouth NS 27.6 mm
Saint John NB 42.1 mm

-justin-