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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1220 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
.RAIN FALLING ON SNOW IN WOODED AREAS WILL LEAD TO SNOW MELT AND
INCREASING RUNOFF. FLOWS IN STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY EVENING AND MAY LOCALLY REACH BANKFULL OR CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING.
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CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREENVILLE, MONSON, GUILFORD,
DOVER-FOXCROFT, MILO, AND BLANCHARD
1220 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MAINE, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS.
* WHEN...FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN
BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THE
RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH SNOWMELT UP TO THE EQUIVALENT OF 2
INCHES OF LIQUID. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SNOWMELT WILL
CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE AND MAY RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- FOR FLOOD SAFETY VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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