#MEwx Flood Warning and Flood Watch in effect

Flood Warning Expires 9:00 PM EDT on April 17, 2019

Statement as of 2:48 PM EDT on April 15, 2019

The National Weather Service in gray has issued a

* Flood Warning for the Kennebec river at Augusta

* from Tuesday morning until Wednesday evening.

* At 2 PM the stage was 9.1 feet.

* Minor flooding is forecast.

* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.

* Forecast to rise above flood stage by tomorrow late morning and

continue to rise to near 13.4 feet by tomorrow afternoon. The river

will fall below flood stage by Wednesday afternoon.

* Impact... at 13.0 feet... water covering dock at Town Landing in

Hallowell.

* Impact... at 12.0 feet... water begins to flood parking lot on front

street in Augusta.

Lat... Lon 4439 6979 4439 6969 4429 6971 4429 6980

 

Areal Flood Watch

Expires 8:00 AM EDT on April 16, 2019

Statement as of 2:36 am EDT on April 15, 2019

... Flood Watch remains in effect from 8 am EDT this morning

through Tuesday morning...

The Flood Watch continues for

* portions of Maine and northern New Hampshire, including the

following areas, in Maine, Androscoggin, Central Somerset,

Kennebec, northern Franklin, northern Oxford, southern

Franklin, southern Oxford, and southern Somerset. In northern

New Hampshire, northern Carroll, northern Coos, northern

Grafton, southern Carroll, southern Coos, and southern

Grafton.

* From 8 am EDT this morning through Tuesday morning

* rainfall and snowmelt may lead to minor river flooding.

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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