Areal Flood Advisory, Areal Flood Watch

Statement as of 9:07 PM EDT on October 23, 2014

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a
* Flood Advisory for...
southeastern Somerset County in west central Maine...
Lincoln County in south central Maine...
east central Oxford County in western Maine...
Kennebec County in south central Maine...
Sagadahoc County in south central Maine...
southeastern Franklin County in western Maine...
Knox County in south central Maine...
Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine...
Waldo County in south central Maine...
* until 1200 am EDT
* at 903 PM EDT... Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
showers. This will cause minor flooding in the advisory area.
Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to showers and isolated
thunderstorms entering the capital region and heading west
northwest towards the White Mountains. Up to three inches of rain
has fallen in this region with an additional inch or so of
rainfall expected overnight. This will cause minor flooding in the
advisory area
* some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lewiston... northern Brunswick... Augusta... Waterville... Bath...
Farmington... Rockland... Belfast... Fairfield... Gardiner... Camden...
Newport... Bethel... Damariscotta... Lincolnville... Searsport...
Wiscasset... Pittsfield... Thorndike and Rumford.

Lat... Lon 4407 6918 4396 6940 4398 6940 4408 6938
      4386 6979 4395 6981 4383 6987 4395 6987
      4394 7018 4468 7089 4507 6938 4464 6918
      4469 6882 4447 6881 4443 6900 4418 6883
      4421 6906 4418 6906 4417 6905 4409 6862

Hanes

239 PM EDT Thu Oct 23 2014
Flood Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT tonight...
The Flood Watch continues 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... southern Carroll and Strafford.
* Until midnight EDT tonight.
* Occasional heavy rain is expected through this evening. An
additional 1 to as much as 2 inches of rain is expected.
* The cumulative effect of heavy rain over the past few days and
this evening will cause rivers and streams to rise. Flooding of
streams and small rivers is possible. Urban and poor drainage
flooding is expected. The heavier rain will taper off by late
evening.

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.