flash flood watch our area

Flash Flood Watch 

Expires 6:00 AM EDT on September 13, 2013

Statement as of 3:07 PM EDT on September 12, 2013

Flash Flood Watch in effect through late tonight.

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... coastal Cumberland... coastal Waldo... coastal

York... interior Cumberland... interior Waldo... interior York...

Kennebec... Knox... Lincoln... Sagadahoc... southern Franklin...

southern Oxford and southern Somerset. In New Hampshire...

Belknap... coastal Rockingham... interior Rockingham...

Merrimack... northern Carroll... southern Carroll... southern

Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan.

* Through late tonight

* showers and thunderstorms will continue through most of tonight.

Some of the stronger storms may train over the same

areas... producing rainfall rates of 2-3 inches in an hour. This

may lead to areas of localized flash flooding.

* A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to

flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.

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.