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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Caribou ME
347 AM EDT Thu Mar 20 2025
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Piscataquis ME-
347 AM EDT Thu Mar 20 2025
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Pleasant River flooding caused by an ice jam continues.
* WHERE...A portion of North Central Maine, including the following
county, Piscataquis.
* WHEN...Until 345 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Water over roadways and low lying properties along the
Pleasant River due to elevated flows and backwater issues.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 345 AM EDT, emergency management and local law enforcement
reported flooding near Pleasant Street and Pleasant River
Road in Milo continues.
- Pleasant Street and Pleasant River Road are closed due to
flooding. Flooding expected downstream to the Piscataquis
River. Water is expected to rise behind the jam upstream
along the Pleasant River Road. Social media video of the ice
jam shows erratic ice movement and increasing pressure behind
the jam.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Milo.
- Ice jam located at the Pleasant Street bridge in Milo and
continues to shift its placement. Minor flooding is occurring
on Pleasant Street, Pleasant River Road and in the fields of
Medford Road in Milo.
- For flood safety visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Water levels can rise and fall quickly in the vicinity of ice jams.
Those with interests along rivers and tributary streams should be
alert for rapidly fluctuating water levels in the vicinity of ice
jams. Never drive through flooded roads or around closed road
barricades. The barricades are there for your safety due to the
potential for ice jam releases or continued flooding.
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LAT...LON 4530 6902 4530 6901 4529 6900 4528 6898
4527 6897 4526 6894 4526 6893 4524 6892
4523 6892 4523 6893 4525 6895 4526 6898
4528 6901
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