Christmas Storm Update Number Three

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
249 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-
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
249 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS AND NORTHERN
  PISCATAQUIS. IN NORTHERN MAINE...NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK...
  NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK AND SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK. IN WEST CENTRAL
  MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS.

* ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...RAINFALL...AND MELTING SNOW WILL
  HELP TO GET RIVERS FLOWING OVER NORTHERN MAINE. LOCALIZED
  FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS.

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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RLN/VJN