Flood Watch issued for Northern Maine

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
410 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
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
410 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH
  CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
  NORTHERN PENOBSCOT. IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN
  PISCATAQUIS. IN NORTHERN MAINE...NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK...
  NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK AND SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK. IN WEST CENTRAL
  MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND THEN MOVE
  NORTHEAST BY THIS EVENING. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL
  OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND RESULT IN INCREASING SHOWER AND
  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WITH VERY
  HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

* FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND AREAS OF
  POOR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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