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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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