Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory & Flood watch

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued an
Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
northern Androscoggin County in southwest Maine...
southern Somerset County in west central Maine...
central Oxford County in western Maine...
northern Carroll County in northern New Hampshire...
southeastern Franklin County in western Maine...
Waldo County in south central Maine...
Kennebec County in south central Maine...
southeastern Coos County in northern New Hampshire...
northeastern Grafton County in northern New Hampshire...
* until 445 PM EDT
* at 246 PM EDT Doppler weather radar showed heavy rain moving into
portions of northern New Hampshire and central Maine. This rain is
falling into areas that have already received between two and four
inches of rain. Additional heavy rainfall... around an inch with
local amounts up to two inches... could lead to minor flooding.
The heavy rain will be moving through this area through this
afternoon with the rain letting up by 5 PM in many areas. This Flood
Advisory covers a large area from the White Mountains of New
Hampshire to portions of the foothills of western Maine across the
capital region to Waldo County.

Flash Flood Watch, Areal Flood Advisory
Statement as of 2:54 PM EDT on August 9, 2013
Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 9 PM EDT this
evening...
The Flash Flood Watch continues 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.
* Until 9 PM EDT 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 and localized flash flooding.
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.






251 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2013

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued an

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
northern Androscoggin County in southwest Maine...
southern Somerset County in west central Maine...
central Oxford County in western Maine...
northern Carroll County in northern New Hampshire...
southeastern Franklin County in western Maine...
Waldo County in south central Maine...
Kennebec County in south central Maine...
southeastern Coos County in northern New Hampshire...
northeastern Grafton County in northern New Hampshire...

* until 445 PM EDT

* at 246 PM EDT Doppler weather radar showed heavy rain moving into
portions of northern New Hampshire and central Maine. This rain is
falling into areas that have already received between two and four
inches of rain. Additional heavy rainfall... around an inch with
local amounts up to two inches... could lead to minor flooding.

The heavy rain will be moving through this area through this
afternoon with the rain letting up by 5 PM in many areas. This Flood
Advisory covers a large area from the White Mountains of New
Hampshire to portions of the foothills of western Maine across the
capital region to Waldo County.