Rain and flooding

Flash Flood Watch Expires 8:00 PM EDT on July 23, 2013
Statement as of 3:15 am EDT on July 23, 2013
Flash Flood Watch in effect through this evening.
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 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.
* Through this evening
* showers and thunderstorms are expected today as a very moist
airmass moves northward over northern New England. Rainfall
rates in the heaviest showers and storms may exceed 2 inches per
hour. This will pose a danger for localized flash flooding of
roads... small creeks... and streams. Areas of steep terrain will
be most vulnerable... as well as around the banks of small
streams that normally experience rapid rises with heavy
rainfall. The threat for heavy rainfall will wane significantly
by early this evening.
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.