Flood watch our area

Areal Flood Watch

Statement as of 2:37 PM EST on November 26, 2013

Flood Watch in effect from late tonight through Wednesday

afternoon...

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 Wednesday afternoon

* heavy rain totaling 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts.

* The river basins most at risk for flooding are the upper Saco

and the pemigewasset in New Hampshire and the swift in Maine.

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 action should flooding develop.