Winter Storm Boreas Update Three

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
336 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

...LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE CROSSING NEW ENGLAND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD MIXED
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING BEFORE A CHANGEOVER
TO RAIN IS EXPECTED. THE RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY WITH STORM TOTALS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL ALONG A
CORRIDOR FROM CONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SKOWHEGAN MAINE.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FAVORED
UPSLOPE LOCATIONS OF THE WESTERN MAINE MOUNTAINS AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN FAIRLY DRY OVER THE PAST FEW
WEEKS...THE RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON FROZEN GROUND CAUSING MOST OF
IT TO RUNOFF. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN...RUMFORD...NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...
WILTON...MADISON...SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD...SANFORD...BERWICK...
NORTH WINDHAM...GORHAM...BRIDGTON...LEWISTON-AUBURN...
LIVERMORE FALLS...AUGUSTA...WATERVILLE...WINTERPORT...UNITY...
BIDDEFORD...SACO...OLD ORCHARD BEACH...KITTERY...PORTLAND...
SOUTH PORTLAND...WESTBROOK...BATH...TOPSHAM...BOOTHBAY HARBOR...
WISCASSET...WALDOBORO...CAMDEN...ROCKLAND...THOMASTON...BELFAST...
LINCOLNVILLE...COLEBROOK...BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...
NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...
OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...
HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...
DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
336 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...ANDROSCOGGIN...CENTRAL
  SOMERSET...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...COASTAL WALDO...COASTAL YORK...
   INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...INTERIOR WALDO...INTERIOR YORK...
  KENNEBEC...KNOX...LINCOLN...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN
  OXFORD...SAGADAHOC...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN OXFORD AND
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...COASTAL
  ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...MERRIMACK...NORTHERN
  CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN
  CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND
  SULLIVAN.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAIN TOTALING 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* THE RIVER BASINS MOST AT RISK FOR FLOODING ARE THE UPPER SACO
  AND THE PEMIGEWASSET RIVERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE SWIFT
  RIVER IN MAINE.

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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