#MEwx Flood watch in effect

Flood Watch

National Weather Service Gray ME

3:24 AM EDT Mon Sep 5 2022

A frontal zone draped across the Northeast is combining with a very humid airmass to produce a heavy rainfall threat across the region today into Tuesday with multiple rounds of rain and embedded thunderstorms. Training and slow movement of showers combined with pockets of convectively enhanced rainfall rates may lead to flooding in the Watch area.

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Maine, including the following areas, Androscoggin, Central Interior Cumberland, Coastal Cumberland, Coastal York, Interior Cumberland Highlands, Interior York, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Southern Oxford. Portions of northern New Hampshire, including the following areas, Northern Carroll and Southern Carroll.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

- Multiple rounds of slow-moving, and in some cases stationary, rain showers today through tonight will lead to rainfall totals of 1-2 inches on average, some of which will fall on areas that have already picked up 1-2 inches of rain this morning. There is potential for pockets of rainfall accumulation in excess of 4 inches, especially near the coast.

- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.