BOF 000 WGUS41 KGYX 080732 FLWGYX BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY, MAINE 232 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SUNCOOK RIVER AT NORTH CHICHESTER AFFECTING MERRIMACK COUNTY .HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED THE SUNCOOK RIVER TO RISE RAPIDLY AT NORTH CHICHESTER. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING...AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW IF THE ROAD IS SAFE FOR TRAVEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN! STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET. && NHC013-081932- /O.NEW.KGYX.FL.W.0064.111208T1118Z-111209T1330Z/ /NCHN3.1.ER.111208T1118Z.111208T1800Z.111209T0730Z.NO/ 232 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SUNCOOK RIVER AT NORTH CHICHESTER * FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 02AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...6.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 7.5 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. $$ EOF