Late May Rainy Period Update Seven

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
242 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
242 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 AM EDT SUNDAY.

* COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR SPLASHOVER EXPECTED.

* TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS EVENING. THE
NEXT HIGH TIDE IS AT 1140 PM AT BAR HARBOR AND 1153 PM AT
EASTPORT.

* IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. SOME SPLASHOVER
IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AT THE SEAWALL ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

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CB

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
250 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE
THROUGH NOON EDT SUNDAY FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...

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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-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...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...
VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD

250 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH 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...
INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL
MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE PAST 48 HOURS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
HILLY UPSLOPE AREAS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE.

* THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...AND THE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS
TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. PONDING OF WATER IS ALSO EXPECTED ON
ROADWAYS...AND STANDING WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW SPOTS. ANY
CULVERTS THAT ARE PLUGGED WITH DEBRIS MAY ALSO FLOOD. MAIN STEM
RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES...BUT ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO FLOOD AT THIS TIME.

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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CB