FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 142 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR WEST
CENTRAL HANCOCK AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
AT 137 PM EST...FLOOD WATERS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE IN THE BANGOR
REGION AS THE STEADY RAIN HAS ENDED AND THE TIDAL SURGE HAS LET UP.
FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN KENDUSKEAG PLAZA AREA OF DOWNTOWN
BANGOR AFTER TIME OF HIGH TIDE. NUMEROUS BUSINESSES EXPERIENCED
BASEMENT FLOODING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT...LON 4455 6876 4460 6885 4470 6884 4469 6887
4470 6889 4468 6902 4497 6897 4489 6882
4490 6877 4484 6865 4473 6863 4453 6870
4451 6876
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HEWITT
HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1026 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...
.LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS MAINE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BRING
STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TO DOWNEAST MAINE.
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SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...
AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...
DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...
PRINCETON
1026 AM EST THU DEC 3 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 50 MPH LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LARGE BRANCHES AND TREES BLOWN
DOWN. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS IS POSSIBLE... SUCH AS
SHINGLES OR SIDING TORN OFF BUILDINGS. SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES
ARE LIKELY. BLOWN DOWN DEBRIS MAY BLOCK SOME ROADWAYS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WIND SPEEDS OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.|
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