Hybridstorm (including the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole) heading towards New England and the Maritimes

FLOOD WATCH


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

1204 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010


...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL AFFECT MOSTLY NORTHWEST PORTIONS

OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND THEN CENTRAL AND

SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING...



.A COMPLEX SCENARIO OF TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WITH DEEP

TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION OVER THE NEXT

48 HOURS. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL BRING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TO

NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS IT

TRACKS NORTHEAST ALONG THE WESTERN MAINE...QUEBEC BORDER FROM THE

CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. A SECOND COASTAL LOW WILL FORM ALONG A SLOW

MOVING COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MAINE FROM

SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND LATER FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM

WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF

THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND TO SOUTHEAST MAINE FRIDAY NIGHT. RAIN

SHOULD END ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY MORNING AS THE SECOND LOW

MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE MARITIMES.



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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-

NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-

CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-

INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-

COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...

FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...

MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...

CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...

EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...

SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...

LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...

OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...

ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...

PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...

EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...

GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD

1204 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT

THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...



THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR



* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...

NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...

CENTRAL PENOBSCOT...NORTHERN PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT.

IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS...NORTHERN

PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS. IN NORTHERN MAINE...

NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK...NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK AND SOUTHEAST

AROOSTOOK. IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...COASTAL

HANCOCK...COASTAL WASHINGTON...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN

WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.



* FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING



* RAIN...WITH TROPICAL DOWNPOURS AT TIMES...WILL AFFECT

NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH

TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH

FRIDAY NIGHT WITH GENERAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH

LOCALLY 4 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. SOME STREAMS AND PERHAPS

MAINSTREAM RIVERS MAY POTENTIALLY RISE TO FLOOD LEVELS ACROSS

PORTIONS OF THE REGION...DEPENDING ON WHERE BANDS OF HEAVY

RAINFALL LAST LONGEST.



* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IMPACT FROM RUNOFF WILL INITIALLY BECOME SIGNIFICANT OVER THE

NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE

REMAINING PORTION OF THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING.



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.

KHW

High Wind Watch


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME

1157 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010



...HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...



.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND TRACK

WEST OF THE STATE TONIGHT. AS THIS LOW MOVES NORTH OF THE

STATE... IT WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION ON

FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED

COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY

AFTERNOON.



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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-

NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-

CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-

INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-

COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...

FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...

MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...

CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...

EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...

SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...

LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...

OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...

ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...

PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...

EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...

GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD

1157 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010



...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.



WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY

MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS

THAT LEAVES ARE STILL ON TREES AND SOIL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN

MOIST DUE TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS...COMBINED WITH

THE STRONG WIND GUSTS...COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER

OUTAGES.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS

HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...GUSTS OF

58 MPH OR STRONGER...OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE SUCH AS DOWNED TREES

MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.


KHW
 
Warnings


western half of Restigouche County

4:58 AM ADT Thursday 30 September 2010

Rainfall warning for

western half of Restigouche County issued

Heavy rainfall is expected for Northwestern New Brunswick on Friday.

This is a warning that significant rainfall is expected or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.

A slow moving low pressure system is expected to push an area tropical moisture towards New Brunswick over the next couple of days. As much as 50 millimetres of heavy rain is expected on Friday as the low pressure system moving in from the Southeastern U.S. makes its way into New Brunswick by Friday evening.