Flash Flooding possible for Western Maine tomorrow

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Gray ME
311 PM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018

...Flash Flooding Possible in the Mountains and Foothills...

.A tropical airmass will move into the region tonight ahead of an
approaching low pressure system. This will result in multiple
rounds of showers and thunderstorms...many of which will produce
heavy downpours. The most persistent downpours are expected to be
in the foothills and south facing slopes of the White Mountains in
New Hampshire and western Maine where there will be an increased
risk for flash flooding as well as minor river flooding.

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Northern Oxford-Northern Franklin-Central Somerset-
Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Southern Coos-
Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-
Southern Carroll-
Including the cities of Upton, Wilsons Mills, Andover, Byron,
Middle Dam, Roxbury, South Arm, Coburn Gore, Davis, Oquossoc,
Rangeley, Avon, Kingfield, Phillips, New Portland, Brassua,
Long Pond, Moosehead, Pittston Farm, Seboomook, Bingham, Jackman,
Bethel, Bryant Pond, Hanover, Locke Mills, Milton, Newry,
Rumford, Norway, Fryeburg, Oxford, Farmington, New Sharon,
New Vineyard, Temple, Wilton, Chesterville, Jay, Athens,
Cornville, Skowhegan, Palmyra, Pittsfield, Embden, Madison,
Berlin, Dummer, Milan, York Pond, Lancaster, Bethlehem, Lincoln,
Littleton, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Waterville Valley, Woodstock,
Jackson, North Conway, Albany, Conway, Chatham, Crawford Notch,
Lebanon, Lyme, Ashland, Ellsworth, Holderness, Plymouth, Rumney,
Wakefield, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Ossipee, Tuftonboro,
Wolfeboro, and Moultonborough
311 PM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of Maine and northern New
  Hampshire, including the following areas, in Maine, Central
  Somerset, Northern Franklin, Northern Oxford, Southern
  Franklin, Southern Oxford, and Southern Somerset. In northern
  New Hampshire, Northern Carroll, Northern Grafton, Southern
  Carroll, Southern Coos, and Southern Grafton.

* From midnight EDT tonight through Thursday evening

* Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms may produce flash
  flooding as well as minor river flooding on the streams and
  rivers flowing from the White Mountains. Particularly at risk
  will be the upper Pemigewasset and Swift River basins.

* While any river flooding that occurs is expected to be
  minor...flash flooding may cause a more localized life
  threatening impact.

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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