Mid-March Rainstorm Update Number One

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
307 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013


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NORTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...
COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...
LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...
NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH
307 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...NORTHERN
  OXFORD AND SOUTHERN OXFORD. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...
  MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN
  GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON
  AND SULLIVAN.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* FLOODING FROM RAINFALL...SNOWMELT...AND RIVER ICE IS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL, SNOWMELT, AND MILD TEMPERATURES IS
  EXPECTED TO PRODUCING RIVER RISES AND ICE BREAKUP LATER TODAY
  INTO TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE JAMS WHERE ICE MOVING
  DOWN A RIVER IS HELD UP AT CONSTRICTIONS SUCH AS BRIDGES,
  ISLANDS, OR BENDS IN THE RIVER. WATER CAN QUICKLY BACK UP BEHIND
  A JAM AND PRODUCE FLOODING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
  RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED
  FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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.

&&

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SCHWIBS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
741 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

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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-
741 AM EDT TUE MAR 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL
MAINE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

MILD TEMPERATURES AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR ICE
MOVEMENT ON AREA RIVERS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BUT AS
OF THIS TIME...WE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING CONCERNS. WE WILL MONITOR ANY TRENDS OF FORECAST
RAINFALL LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT BEFORE MAKING ANY FINAL
DECISIONS REGARDING FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR AREA RIVERS LATER THIS
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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Saint John and County
10:43 AM ADT Tuesday 12 March 2013
Rainfall warning for
Saint John and County continued

Total rainfall amounts of 30 to 40 millimetres forecast for these regions starting tonight and ending late Wednesday.

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

A trough of low pressure approaching from the west will move into New Brunswick on Wednesday. Rain will spread into Northwestern New Brunswick this afternoon and elsewhere tonight. The rain will end over western regions late in the day Wednesday. Rainfall amounts of 30 to 40 millimetres are forecast for southwesternmost regions with lesser amounts expected elsewhere.
Lunenburg County
10:44 AM ADT Tuesday 12 March 2013
Rainfall warning for
Lunenburg County continued

Near 30 millimetres of rain expected on Wednesday.

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

A trough of low pressure will approach from the west overnight tonight. Bands of rain at times heavy will begin overnight tonight over Western Mainland Nova Scotia and will move slowly eastward during the day Wednesday. Near 30 millimetres of rain is expected over Western Nova Scotia by late Wednesday evening. This is a slow moving system and those bands of rain could continue to move slowly eastward Wednesday night resulting in rainfall warnings being extended to much of Mainland Nova Scotia.