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Flood Warning
MEC025-261322-
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922 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE KENNEBEC RIVER AT SKOWHEGAN.
* UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 09PM SATURDAY THE FLOW WAS 38250 CFS.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD FLOW IS 35000 CFS.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 44410 CFS BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY MORNING.


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Flood Watch
MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-031-032-260300-
/O.NEW.KCAR.FA.A.0001.130525T1850Z-130526T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-
INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL 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...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...
VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
250 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH 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...
INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL
MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE PAST 48 HOURS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
HILLY UPSLOPE AREAS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE.

* THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...AND THE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS
TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. PONDING OF WATER IS ALSO EXPECTED ON
ROADWAYS...AND STANDING WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW SPOTS. ANY
CULVERTS THAT ARE PLUGGED WITH DEBRIS MAY ALSO FLOOD. MAIN STEM
RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES...BUT ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO FLOOD AT THIS TIME.

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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Flood Watch
MEZ009-014-260400-
/O.EXA.KGYX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-130526T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BINGHAM...JACKMAN...MADISON...
SKOWHEGAN...PITTSFIELD
337 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WESTERN MAINE...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CENTRAL SOMERSET AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET.

* THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING

* TWENTY FOUR HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 8 AM THIS MORNING
HAVE RANGED FROM HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF
WESTERN MAINE. HOWEVER...FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS TOTAL AMOUNTS
HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER... 2 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE.
ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY. SOME AREAS COULD SEE LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF 1 1/2 TO MAYBE 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING.

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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