Real Flood Watch in effect

Areal Flood Watch Expires 8:00 PM EDT on June 28, 2013
Statement as of 3:22 am EDT on June 27, 2013
Flood Watch in effect from late tonight through Friday
evening...
The National Weather Service in gray has issued a
* Flood Watch for portions of western Maine and New Hampshire...
including the following areas... in western Maine...
Androscoggin... Central Somerset... coastal Cumberland... coastal
Waldo... coastal York... interior Cumberland... interior Waldo...
interior York... Kennebec... Knox... Lincoln... northern
Franklin... northern Oxford... Sagadahoc... southern Franklin...
southern Oxford and southern Somerset. In New Hampshire...
Belknap... coastal Rockingham... interior Rockingham...
Merrimack... northern Carroll... northern Coos... northern
Grafton... southern Carroll... southern Coos... southern
Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan.
* From late tonight through Friday evening.
* Showers and scattered thunderstorms ahead of a warm front will
produce heavy rainfall across the area overnight into Friday
leading to sharp rises on rivers and streams.
* Expect sharp rises on rivers and streams to near bankfull
overnight into the day on Friday. Embedded thunderstorms will
produce locally heavier rainfall amounts with the potential for
localized flash 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 quick action should flooding develop.