Active Advisories:    Flood Warning Coastal Flood Watch
  • Currently

    Reported at Portland, Portland International Jetport, ME
    6:51 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
  • 54°F12°C
  • Light Rain
    Light Rain
  • Feels Like:54°F12°CDew Point:52°F11°CHumidity:94% Winds:ENE 17 mph G 2327 kph G 37
    Pressure:29.74 in1007 hPaVisibility:2.00 miles3218.00 meters

Flood Warning


...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE

SACO RIVER NEAR CONWAY AFFECTING CARROLL COUNTY
SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY AFFECTING OXFORD COUNTY
PRESUMPSCOT RIVER AT WESTBROOK AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY
KENNEBEC RIVER AT SKOWHEGAN AFFECTING SOMERSET COUNTY
KENNEBEC RIVER AT NORTH SIDNEY AFFECTING KENNEBEC COUNTY
KENNEBEC RIVER AT AUGUSTA AFFECTING KENNEBEC COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW IF THE
ROAD IS SAFE FOR TRAVEL. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR
YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET.

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638 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE PRESUMPSCOT RIVER AT WESTBROOK.

* UNTIL THIS EVENING.

* AT 6 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.2 FEET.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.

* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21 FEET BY LATE THIS
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

Coastal Flood Watch

350 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...COASTAL MAINE FROM PENOBSCOT BAY AND POINTS SOUTH 
AND WEST TO KITTERY AS WELL AS THE SEACOAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

* TIMING...9 PM TO 1 AM TONIGHT WITH ...THE GREATEST IMPACT 
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WHICH IS 1048 PM. 

* IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING...SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION. 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY ALLOW FOR INCREASED RUNOFF AND POSSIBLY 
FLOODING WITH THE INCOMING TIDES IN ESTUARIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.

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