Active Advisories: Flood Warning
Currently
Reported at Augusta, Augusta State Airport, ME
7:20 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012- 48°F9°C
Rain- Feels Like:48°F9°CDew Point:48°F9°CHumidity:100%
Winds:NE 13 mph 21 kph
Pressure:29.8 in1009 hPaVisibility:3.00 miles4827.00 meters
Flood Warning
619 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MAINE... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... * UNTIL 415 PM EDT SUNDAY * AT 615 AM EDT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MAINE. SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO THE RUNOFF... AND ARE EXPECT TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE FINALLY RECEDING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4514 7042 4512 7015 4462 6993 4437 7013 4391 6993 4395 6986 4393 6986 4371 6988 4376 6992 4377 7011 4366 7003 4367 7006 4353 7035 4306 7069 4338 7099 4531 7109 4524 7085 4567 7056 4567 7055
