Severe Thunder Storm Watch and Flash Flood Watch in effect

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Statement as of 2:43 PM EDT on July 03, 2014

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 391 remains in effect until 10:00 PM EDT

ME

. Maine counties included are

Androscoggin Cumberland Franklin

Kennebec Oxford Somerset

York

 

Flash Flood Watch

Statement as of 10:56 am EDT on July 3, 2014

Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 8 PM EDT 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.

* Until 8 PM EDT this evening

* thunderstorms will produce locally heavy rainfall in excess of

1 inch per hour.

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

are possible which could lead to flash flooding of roads.

 

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.