FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 858 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 MEZ011-015>017-029>032-092100- /O.CON.KCAR.FA.A.0005.130809T1500Z-130810T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK- CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON- SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD... BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM... EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM... MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH... BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD... DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO... TOPSFIELD 858 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT. IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS. IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...COASTAL HANCOCK...COASTAL WASHINGTON...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTHEAST IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.5 INCHES TO 2.5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SHOWERS LATER THIS EVENING. * FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:28:17 +0000
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