Flood watch update

Areal Flood Watch

Statement as of 3:40 am EDT on April 7, 2014

Flood Watch remains in effect from late tonight through

Tuesday evening...

The Flood Watch continues 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...

southern Carroll and Strafford.

* From late tonight through Tuesday evening

* rainfall of 1 to 1 and a half inches... with locally higher

amounts possible... is expected late Monday night through Tuesday

as low pressure slowly lifts across New England. Heavy rain and

snow melt may cause flooding on rivers... small creeks... and

possibly low lying urban areas. Rivers still have have plenty of

ice which may begin moving... so ice jams could also present a

flood threat.

 

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.