Flash Flood Watch

Flash Flood Watch

Statement as of 3:03 am EDT on July 3, 2014

Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through this evening...

The Flash 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...

northern Carroll... northern Grafton... southern Carroll...

southern Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan.

* Through this evening

* thunderstorms will produce locally heavy rainfall in excess of

1 inch per hour.

* Rapid water rises on creeks and in low lying areas are

possible.

 

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.