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MEC019-021-050600-
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
100 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010
...ICE JAMS REMAIN LOCKED IN PLACE IN THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER BASIN...
THE ICE JAMS THAT FORMED THROUGHOUT THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER BASIN IN 
LATE JANUARY REMAIN LOCKED IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
ON THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER...AN ICE JAM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 
MILE DOWNSTREAM OF LOWES BRIDGE. ANOTHER PISCATAQUIS RIVER JAM WAS 
LOCATED ON BACK ABBOT ROAD IN ABBOT VILLAGE. AN ICE JAM WAS ALSO 
REPORTED ON THE MEDFORD/MAXFIELD LINE...STRADDLING PISCATAQUIS AND 
PENOBSCOT COUNTIES.
ON KINGSBURY STREAM...AN ICE JAM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE ROUTE 16 
BETWEEN KINGSBURY AND ABBOT VILLAGE...IN THE VICINITY OF COLES 
CORNER AND HAPPY CORNER ROADS.
ON WILSON STREAM...AN ICE JAM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVER ROAD IN 
WILLIMANTIC.
FINALLY...ON THE PLEASANT RIVER BETWEEN MILO AND BROWNVILLE...AT THE 
GREEN BRIDGE...A LARGE ICE JAM WAS REPORTED.
THESE BREAK UP ICE JAMS HAVE FROZEN IN PLACE. THE WATERWAYS HAD 
FOUND THEIR WAY AROUND THESE JAMS AND NO FLOODING WAS BEING REPORTED 
AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THESE AREAS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED VERY 
CLOSELY THROUGH THE SPRING RUNOFF. REPORT ANY ICE JAMS OR FLOODING 
TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THEY CAN RELAY THE 
INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CARIBOU.
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