Winter Storm Petros Update Seven

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
225 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN 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...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
225 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016

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

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...FAR NORTHERN MAINE...NORTH
  CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
  NORTHERN PENOBSCOT. IN FAR NORTHERN MAINE...NORTHEAST
  AROOSTOOK AND NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK. IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
  CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS...NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN
  PISCATAQUIS. IN NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK. IN WEST
  CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A QUARTER INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED TO
  FALL ON THE REMAINING SNOW PACK IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM MELTING SNOW WILL PERSIST
  INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RISING RIVER LEVELS COULD ALLOW
  ICE TO BREAK AND POSSIBLY JAM. WATER LEVELS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY
  IN THE VICINITY OF ICE JAMS.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...MINOR STREAM FLOODING...POSSIBLE ICE JAMMING
  ON MAJOR RIVERS SUCH AS THE SAINT JOHN...ALLAGASH...AROOSTOOK
  AND PISCATAQUIS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. OTHER
  IMPACTS ALSO INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL OF URBAN FLOODING DUE TO POOR
  DRAINAGE OF RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT RUNOFF INTO POTENTIALLY SNOW
  BLOCKED STORM DRAINS.

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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