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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
321 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
..HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS
.SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND WESTERN MAINE AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PASSES SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS
EVENING...THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
LATE TONIGHT.
TO THIS POINT...BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE AND ONE-QUARTER INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE.
THIS IS ON TOP OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING
OF SMALL RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS TOP ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES...MAINSTEM RIVERS SUCH
AS THE PEMIGEWASSET RIVER AT WOODSTOCK AND THE SWIFT RIVER AT
ROXBURY COULD REACH FLOOD STAGE.
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NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...RUMFORD...
NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...COLEBROOK...
BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...
HANOVER...PLYMOUTH...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT...
CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH...
ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON
321 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...
NORTHERN OXFORD...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN OXFORD. IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR
ROCKINGHAM...MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...
NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN
GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WITH THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE...THE SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SINCE
RIVERS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN EARLIER
THIS WEEK...THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD PUSH SOME RIVERS OVER
THEIR BANKS.
* BETWEEN THREE-QUARTERS AND ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN COULD
FALL BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS
THE STATE. HIS MUCH RAIN COULD PUSH SMALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND
CREEKS TO NEAR BANKFUL. IF ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN
FALLS...MAINSTEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE THE PEMIGEWASSET RIVER AT
WOODSTOCK AND THE SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY COULD REACH FLOOD
STAGE.
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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