Early January Rainstorm Update One

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
339 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

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SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
339 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH.
  THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE MORE LIKELY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST
  AND HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TIMING...THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE IMPACT. WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TREES AND
  BRANCHES TO SNAP WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. ANY
  TREES STILL COATED WITH ICE ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS. BE CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLE. IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES...MAKE SURE FLASHLIGHTS HAVE
WORKING BATTERIES.

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
443 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...HEAVY RAIN AND MELTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY
MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH LATER TODAY...THEN CROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S TO AROUND 40 NORTH...TO THE MID TO UPPER
40S DOWNEAST. THIS WILL PRODUCE MELTING SNOW ALONG WITH THE RAIN.
THE MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL CAUSE RISING RIVER LEVELS WHICH
COULD CAUSE ICE TO MOVE AND POSSIBLY JAM. ICE JAMS ARE A CONCERN
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
AREAS.

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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-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL 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...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...BLUE HILL...
EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...
GUILFORD...DANFORTH...VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
443 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...COASTAL
  HANCOCK...COASTAL WASHINGTON...INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN
  WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG WITH MILD
  TEMPERATURES AND MELTING SNOW.

* POSSIBLE ICE MOVEMENT AND ICE JAMS.

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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