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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
325 PM EST TUE DEC 10 2024
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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR
HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MONSON, HODGDON, VANCEBORO, CLAYTON LAKE,
MILLINOCKET, ALLAGASH, BAXTER ST PARK, AURORA, LINCOLN,
SPRINGFIELD, MADAWASKA, OLD TOWN, EASTPORT, BAKER LAKE,
FRENCHVILLE, WESLEY, ORLAND, PRINCETON, HOULTON, ELLSWORTH, GRAND
LAKE STREAM, CHERRYFIELD, FORT KENT, MILO, PERRY, EAST
MILLINOCKET, BREWER, PATTEN, SHERMAN, CHURCHILL DAM, BANGOR,
BUCKSPORT, TOPSFIELD, MACHIAS, VAN BUREN, DANFORTH, BLANCHARD,
AMHERST, DEDHAM, CHAMBERLAIN LAKE, CARIBOU, ORONO, HOWLAND,
EASTBROOK, DOVER-FOXCROFT, BAR HARBOR, CALAIS, GREENVILLE, MOUNT
KATAHDIN, MEDWAY, GREAT POND, CASTINE, BILLY-JACK DEPOT, ASHLAND,
SMYRNA MILLS, MARS HILL, GUILFORD, AND PRESQUE ISLE
325 PM EST TUE DEC 10 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, COASTAL DOWNEAST, FAR
EASTERN, FAR NORTHERN, INTERIOR DOWNEAST, NORTH WOODS, AND
PENOBSCOT VALLEY MAINE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS MAINE, CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS, NORTHERN PENOBSCOT AND
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS. IN COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE, COASTAL HANCOCK
AND COASTAL WASHINGTON. IN FAR EASTERN MAINE, NORTHERN WASHINGTON
AND SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK. IN FAR NORTHERN MAINE, NORTHEAST
AROOSTOOK AND NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK. IN INTERIOR DOWNEAST MAINE,
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND INTERIOR HANCOCK. IN NORTH WOODS MAINE,
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS AND NORTHERN SOMERSET. IN PENOBSCOT VALLEY
MAINE, CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A STORM SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SOAKING
RAIN TO THE REGION FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL MELT SNOWPACK AND CAUSING LOCALIZE FLOODING
IN SMALL STREAM AND URBAN AREAS..
- 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.
LAFLASH
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