Snow will end this morning. Flooding will remain a threat all day. From the National Weather Service in Caribou... Flood Warning FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 611 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014 ...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY... **A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.** FLOODING CONTINUES IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. LATEST REPORTS ARE THAT THE EGYPT ROAD FROM PRESQUE ISLE INTO EASTON WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ROUTE 164 NEAR THE WASHBURN AND PRESQUE ISLE LINE WAS FLOODED. THESE REPORTS ARE IN ADDITION TO THE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF IMPACTED ROADS LAST EVENING. ICE MOVEMENT AND JAMS CONTINUE ON THE AROOSTOOK RIVER. ICE HAD MOVED OUT OF WASHBURN WITH WATER LEVELS RECEDING, BUT ICE HAS NOW JAMMED UP NEAR THE MASARDIS GAGE WITH WATER BACKING UP BEHIND THE JAM AND RISING. THE LATEST STAGE AT MASARDIS WAS 17.50 FEET AND FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. ANOTHER ICE JAM RESIDES AT ROUTE 1A BRIDGE IN FORT FAIRFIELD. WATER WAS BACKING UP BEHIND THIS JAM AS WELL AND RISING. THE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL SLOW THINGS UP TODAY INTO TONIGHT BUT THE ICE JAMS WILL MOST LIKELY SETTLE IN PLACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:48:49 +0000
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