Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by rain and snowmelt is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of northern New Hampshire, including the
following counties, Carroll, Coos and Grafton.
* WHEN...Until 1000 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 700 PM EST, local law enforcement reported heavy rain and
snowmelt in the warned area. Flooding is already occurring.
Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen.
- Although rain has ended, it will take several more hours for
the runoff to subside so flooding will continue through this
evening.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Conway, Bethlehem, Lincoln, Moultonborough, Ossipee,
Plymouth, Holderness, Ashland, Effingham and Franconia.
- This includes Interstate 93 between mile markers 75 and 114.
This includes the following Rec locations...
Crawford Notch State Park, Franconia Notch, Mount Moosilauke,
Rumney Rocks, Cannon Mountain, North Twin Mountain, Franconia
Ridge, Mount Jefferson, Mount Madison, Mount Eisenhower,
Mount Chocorua, Wildcat Mountain, Carter Notch, Kearsarge
North , Mount Lafayette, Mount Garfield, Mount Adams, Mount
Isolation, AMC Highland Center, Mount Webster, Mount
Whiteface, Mount Moriah, AMC Greenleaf Hut, AMC Lonesome Lake
Hut, AMC Galehead Hut, AMC Zealand Falls Hut, AMC Mizpah
Spring Hut, AMC Lake of the Clouds Hut, AMC Madison Spring
Hut, AMC Carter Notch Hut, Carr Mountain, Stinson Mountain,
Long Pond Recreation Area, Elbow Pond Recreation Area, South
Kinsman Mountain, Mount Flume, Mount Liberty, South Twin
Mountain, Mount Bond, Mount Carrigan, Mount Willey, Mount
Tom, Mount Field, Mount Jackson, Arethusa Falls, Ripley
Falls, Mount Osceola, Mount Tecumseh, Welch Mountain, Dickey
Mountain, The Tripyramids, Mount Passaconaway, Greeley Ponds,
Sabbaday Falls, Champney Falls, Rocky Gorge Scenic Area,
Lower Falls Recreation Area, North Baldface, South Baldface,
Mount Doublehead, West Royce Mountain and Mountain Pond.