Active Advisories: Flood Warning
Currently
Reported at Fryeburg, Eastern Slopes Regional Airport, ME
10:54 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012- 48°F9°C
Light Rain- Feels Like:48°F9°CDew Point:46°F8°CHumidity:94%
Winds:N 8 mph 13 kph
Pressure:29.8 in1009 hPaVisibility:8.00 miles12872.00 meters
Flood Warning
749 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... NORTHERN ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... CENTRAL KENNEBEC COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE... SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE... CENTRAL OXFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... SOUTHEASTERN COOS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT MONDAY * AT 745 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STEADY RAINFALL FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE FLOOD ISSUES EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4409 7083 4409 7086 4407 7086 4390 7122 4451 7132 4503 7010 4462 6970
