Severe T storms & Flash flood warning

Special Statement
Statement as of 7:12 am EDT on August 9, 2013
Strong thunderstorms will impact Androscoggin County... Somerset
County... Oxford County... Franklin County and Kennebec County through
845 am EDT...
At 712 am EDT National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm centered near Livermore... or about 5 miles
northeast of Turner... moving northeast at 45 mph. This strong
thunderstorm will affect areas in and around
Turner... Livermore... Hartford... Leeds... Wayne... Livermore
Falls... Winthrop... Fayette... Readfield and Chesterville through 845
am EDT.
Very heavy rainfall with up to a quick inch or two of rainfall in an
hour can be expected. Winds will gust to 35 mph with this storm.
Excessive cloud-to-ground lightning can be expected. Postpone outdoor
activities promptly. Go quickly inside a completely enclosed
building.
Lat... Lon 4417 7022 4436 7044 4481 6962 4460 6940

*Flash Flood Watch
Statement as of 3:45 am EDT on August 9, 2013
Flash Flood Watch in effect from 8 am EDT this morning 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... interior Cumberland... interior Waldo...
interior York... Kennebec... southern Franklin... southern Oxford
and southern Somerset. In New Hampshire... Belknap...
Merrimack... northern Carroll... northern Grafton... southern
Carroll... southern Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan.
* From 8 am EDT this morning through this evening
* showers and scattered thunderstorms will bring locally heavy
rainfall to southern and central New Hampshire as well as
interior Maine through this evening. This may result in rapid
rises on area streams... Road flooding and flooding in urban
areas.
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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