Flood watch for our location

Areal Flood Watch

Statement as of 3:44 am EDT on April 13, 2014

Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday evening...

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.

* Through Wednesday evening

* the combination of mild temperatures... rainfall... and snow melt

will keep most rivers running high through the period. Snow

melt... river ice... and a period of rain later today will

contribute to rising water levels on area rivers. Very mild

temperatures on Monday will then accelerate the snow melt. A

more widespread flooding threat will then develop by Tuesday as

warm temperatures and additional moderate to locally heavy

rainfall move into the region.

* At this time... it appears that any river flooding through Monday

is likely to be minor field and Road flooding. The potential for

more significant flooding will occur in the Tuesday through

Wednesday time period on main Stem rivers... as well as smaller

rivers and streams across the area.

 

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.