Active Advisories: Flood Warning Flood Watch
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Reported at Waterville Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting System, ME
2:55 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012- 48°F9°C
Overcast- Feels Like:48°F9°CDew Point:48°F9°CHumidity:100%
Winds:NE 6 mph 10 kph
Pressure:29.8 in1009 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 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
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. &&
