Flood Watch

Flash Flood Watch
Expires 10:00 AM EDT on August 11, 2012
Statement as of 12:20 PM EDT on August 10, 2012
The National Weather Service in gray has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of western Maine and New
Hampshire... including the following areas:
In western Maine.
Androscoggin... Central Somerset... coastal Cumberland...
coastal York... interior Cumberland... interior York...
Kennebec... northern Franklin... northern Oxford... Sagadahoc...
southern Franklin... southern Oxford and southern Somerset.
In New Hampshire... Belknap... Merrimack... northern Carroll...
northern Coos... northern Grafton... southern Carroll... southern
Coos... southern Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan.
* Through Saturday morning
* showers and thunderstorms will produce heavy rainfall this
afternoon into the overnight hours. Local rainfall amounts of 2
inches or more can be expected with these storms.
* Creeks and streams which are already running at elevated levels from
thursday's rainfall are susceptible to rapid rises.
Additionally... streams and creeks in higher terrain will rise rapidly along
and downstream of where heavy rainfall is occurring.
*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.

Stjean/NWS Gray ME