Active Advisories: Flood Advisory Flood Watch
Currently
Reported at Bangor, Bangor International Airport, ME
6:53 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012- 52°F11°C
Light Rain- Feels Like:52°F11°CDew Point:48°F9°CHumidity:88%
Winds:NNE 6 mph 10 kph
Pressure:29.85 in1011 hPaVisibility:6.00 miles9654.00 meters
Flood Advisory
428 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLD TOWN...NEWPORT...DEXTER... BANGOR... PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIPOGENUS...GUILFORD...GREENVILLE... DOVER-FOXCROFT...BROWNVILLE JUNCTION... WEST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE... NORTH CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE... * UNTIL 1030 AM EDT * AT 425 AM EDT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MAINE AND THE WESTERN MAINE HIGHLANDS MAY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF BROOKS AND STREAMS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. && LAT...LON 4657 6978 4657 6931 4466 6847 4460 6883 4469 6884 4464 6919 4472 6921 4472 6927 4507 6935 4502 6963 4553 6978 4565 6970 4573 6981 4577 6978 4576 6972 4588 6972 4586 6965 4598 6969 4598 6985
Flood Watch
...HEAVY RAIN COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE FLOODING OVER WESTERN DOWNEAST AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF MAINE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE DURING THE FLOOD WATCH PERIOD. THIS WILL CONCENTRATE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER WESTERN DOWNEAST AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF OUR REGION...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREA ON MONDAY AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO THE OPEN ATLANTIC. MEZ010-015-016-029-031-031500- /O.CON.KCAR.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120604T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK- COASTAL HANCOCK-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD... BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM... EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...ORLAND...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR... BLUE HILL...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD 300 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT. IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE... CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS. IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...COASTAL HANCOCK AND INTERIOR HANCOCK. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL (2 TO 4 INCHES) BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE SHARP RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREAMS ACROSS THE FLOOD WATCH AREAS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH RUNNING TRIBUTARY STREAMS FLOWING INTO THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER COULD ALSO RESULT IN SHARP RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PISCATAQUIS RIVER AS WELL BY MONDAY. 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. &&
