Labor Day Rainy Period

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
937 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

MEZ003-004-010-015-031-022200-
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NORTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...
BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...
MOUNT KATAHDIN...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...BANGOR...
BREWER...ORONO...OLD TOWN...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
937 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

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

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS
  MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT OF FLASH
  FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN
  THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS COULD OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO
  FLASH FLOODING.

* FLASH 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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NORTON
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
939 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

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ANDROSCOGGIN ME-KNOX ME-SAGADAHOC ME-LINCOLN ME-OXFORD ME-
CUMBERLAND ME-KENNEBEC ME-
939 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN SOUTHERN KENNEBEC...NORTHERN CUMBERLAND...
EAST CENTRAL OXFORD...LINCOLN...SAGADAHOC...WESTERN KNOX AND
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTIES...

AT 935 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MAINE...MAINLY FROM
EASTERN OXFORD COUNTY AND POINTS SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE COAST.  AFTER
THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVES THROUGH THERE WILL BE A BREAK
IN THE RAINFALL UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

MOST AREAS IN THIS REGION WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
RAINFALL THIS MORNING.  A FEW COMMUNITIES WILL SEE TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING
IN SOME COMMUNITIES THIS MORNING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4398 6914 4385 6934 4375 6931 4386 6939
      4387 6933 4392 6933 4389 6946 4383 6952
      4383 6953 4386 6953 4375 6957 4374 6962
      4380 6962 4377 6966 4381 6970 4376 6974
      4399 7080 4446 7048 4418 6904

$$

KISTNER

WOCN14 CWHX 020945
Special weather statement issued by Environment Canada at 6:45 AM ADT
Monday 2 September 2013.
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Special weather statement for:
=new= New Brunswick.

      Potential for significant rainfall.
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==discussion==
A low pressure system will bring rain to the region beginning today
as it tracks northeastward along the us coast to lie over New
Brunswick by midday Tuesday at which time the rain will taper to
isolated showers.

Rainfall warnings may be required for parts of New Brunswick should
deviations in the systems current forecast track and intensity occur.

Additionally, embedded convection or thundershowers could give
locally higher precipitation amounts over a short period of time.

The public is advised to monitor future forecasts and warnings as
warnings may be required or extended.

Please monitor the latest forecasts and warnings from Environment
Canada at www.weatheroffice.gc.ca

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