Active Advisories: Flood Warning
Currently
Reported at Waterville Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting System, ME
7:35 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012- 48°F9°C
Overcast- Feels Like:48°F9°CDew Point:48°F9°CHumidity:100%
Winds:NE 10 mph 16 kph
Pressure:29.8 in1009 hPaVisibility:8.00 miles12872.00 meters
Flood Warning
127 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN KENNEBEC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... EASTERN SAGADAHOC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... WALDO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... * UNTIL 1115 AM EDT * AT 122 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY EAST INTO THE WARNING AREA. RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. URBAN FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OF AUGUSTA... WATERVILLE AND SKOWHEGAN IS LIKELY. 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. 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 4442 6897 4410 6895 4428 6899 4416 6907 4396 6906 4386 6933 4391 6942 4386 6937 4389 6946 4376 6962 4381 6970 4370 6977 4462 6977 4547 7048 4552 6981 4502 6962 4503 6933 4465 6917 4466 6881
