Coastal Flood Watch
1242 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 9 PM THROUGH
1 AM...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY IS CONTINUING A COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT.
* 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 SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...9 PM TO 1 AM SUNDAY NIGHT ...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.
&&
Flood Warning
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MAINE
PRESUMPSCOT RIVER AT WESTBROOK AFFECTING CUMBERLAND 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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1241 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE PRESUMPSCOT RIVER AT WESTBROOK
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 12 AM THIS MORNING THE STAGE WAS...9.9 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 5 AM AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
NEAR 17.0 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
Flood Watch
...FLOODING THREAT PERSISTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MAINE AND
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
.A BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST FROM THE MAINE
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE TO TRACK INTO
CENTRAL MAINE ON SUNDAY. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN IN AREAS ALONG THE STATE BORDER...WHERE ANOTHER INCH OR SO
IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. TO THE EAST...THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN COULD
PRODUCE TWO TO FOUR INCHES FROM PORTLAND NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE
ANDROSCOGGIN AND KENNEBEC VALLEYS....AS WELL AS THE MID-COAST.
THIS AMOUNT WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS
WELL AS MAIN STEM RIVERS...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED URBAN
FLOODING AS WELL.
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NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK...
NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...
BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...
SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...
WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...
LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...
NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE
1029 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...
ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL
WALDO...COASTAL YORK...INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO...
INTERIOR YORK...KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN
FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...
SOUTHERN OXFORD AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NORTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN
GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS AND SOUTHERN
GRAFTON.
* THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
* EXCESSIVE RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE REGION.
* RAPID RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS AREA ALREADY OCCURRING IN AREAS
AROUND THE MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT AND INTO
CENTRAL MAINE ON SUNDAY. PEOPLE NEAR RIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WITH
THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ANDROSCOGGIN AND KENNEBEC VALLEYS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINS OR FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED. PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.
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.
&&
Hazardous Weather Outlook
1253 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
FLOOD WATCH.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
There are currently no Special Weather Statements Great Diamond Island, Maine.
There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Great Diamond Island, Maine.
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