Active Advisories: Flood Warning Flood Watch
Currently
Reported at Greenville, ME
10:56 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012- 48°F9°C
Fair- Feels Like:48°F9°CDew Point:43°F6°CHumidity:82%
Winds:SE 9 mph G 2014 kph G 32
Pressure:29.88 in1012 hPaVisibility:
Flood Warning
1038 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... WESTERN KENNEBEC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... WESTERN SAGADAHOC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE... EASTERN OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... EASTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MAINE... SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... * UNTIL 830 AM EDT SUNDAY * AT 1031 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ABOUT PORTLAND NORTH TO FARMINGTON AND PHILLIPS. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND CAUSE RAPID RISES IN SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS OVERNIGHT. ALSO URBAN FLOODING IN PORTLAND... LEWISTON AND AUBURN 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 4341 7040 4510 7065 4513 7019 4462 6977 4379 6983 4374 6995 4371 6994 4371 7009 4366 7003 4369 7013 4365 7017 4361 7010 4364 7017 4353 7023 4353 7035 4347 7038 4345 7033
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. MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>006-031030- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120604T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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. &&
