Flash Flood Watch issued for the southern half of Maine

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
304 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

MEZ011-015>017-029-030-032-130315-
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CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
304 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE
  AND SOUTHEAST MAINE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST
  CENTRAL MAINE...CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT. IN
  SOUTHEAST MAINE...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...COASTAL HANCOCK...
  COASTAL WASHINGTON...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO
  TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
  THE WATCH AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGH AMOUNTS.
  THUNDERSTORMS COULD REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...LEADING
  TO THE POTENTIAL FOR 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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