Real Flood Watch Statement

Areal Flood Watch statement as of 3:22 PM EST on January 9, 2016

Flood Watch in effect from Sunday afternoon through late

Sunday night.

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... interior Cumberland... interior Waldo...

 Kennebec... southern Franklin... southern Oxford and southern

Somerset. In New Hampshire... Belknap... Merrimack... Carroll... southern

Grafton and Sullivan.

* From Sunday afternoon through late Sunday night

* the combination of heavy rainfall and snow melt may push some

rivers and streams to bankfull late Sunday and Sunday night.

 

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.

 

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