Late October Nor'Easter Update Seven

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1031 PM EDT THU OCT 23 2014

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PISCATAQUIS ME-PENOBSCOT ME-WASHINGTON ME-HANCOCK ME-
1031 PM EDT THU OCT 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLD TOWN...NEWPORT...HOWLAND...
  DEXTER...BANGOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BUCKSPORT...BLUE HILL...
  BAR HARBOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 1022 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED UP TO AN INCH OF
  RAINFALL OVER THE ADVISORY AREA SINCE EARLY THIS EVENING...THIS
  ON TOP OF THE 1 TO 2 INCHES THAT FELL YESTERDAY INTO LAST NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE ADVISORY AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF BROOKS AND STREAMS AS
WELL AS HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. MINOR
STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN RECENTLY REPORTED AT ELLSWORTH IN HANCOCK
COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY ALSO HAVE FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING IN THE ADVISORY AREA...BE ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE FLOODED ROADWAYS AT NIGHT.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4426 6887 4424 6878 4467 6882 4464 6920
      4502 6934 4537 6809 4480 6742 4455 6744
      4443 6759 4450 6778 4432 6803 4438 6817
      4427 6821 4425 6819 4431 6852 4426 6845
      4425 6843 4424 6843 4416 6873

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NOUHAN