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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME  
845 PM EST TUE DEC 10 2024  
 
MEZ001>006-010-011-015>017-029>032-111130-  
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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 SMYRNA MILLS, ELLSWORTH, EAST  
MILLINOCKET, CALAIS, HOULTON, ORLAND, TOPSFIELD, GREENVILLE,  
CARIBOU, WESLEY, BAKER LAKE, PRINCETON, BREWER, BAR HARBOR,  
EASTPORT, PERRY, CHERRYFIELD, VANCEBORO, CLAYTON LAKE, HODGDON,  
DEDHAM, EASTBROOK, ASHLAND, GRAND LAKE STREAM, BUCKSPORT,  
MILLINOCKET, AMHERST, PATTEN, BLANCHARD, DOVER-FOXCROFT, LINCOLN,  
CHURCHILL DAM, FORT KENT, PRESQUE ISLE, GUILFORD, SPRINGFIELD,  
MONSON, MOUNT KATAHDIN, MACHIAS, MILO, ALLAGASH, BILLY-JACK  
DEPOT, DANFORTH, MADAWASKA, OLD TOWN, MARS HILL, CASTINE, GREAT  
POND, VAN BUREN, HOWLAND, BAXTER ST PARK, BANGOR, AURORA, MEDWAY,  
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE, ORONO, SHERMAN, AND FRENCHVILLE  
845 PM EST TUE DEC 10 2024  
 
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
THURSDAY MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE  
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 AFTERNOON 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 AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT. WARM TEMPERATURES WILL MELT SNOWPACK AND CAUSING  
LOCALIZE FLOODING IN SMALL STREAM AND URBAN AREAS. RAINFALL  
AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, BUT LOCALLY HIGHER  
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN MORE PERSISTENT  
BANDS OF HEAVIER RAIN.  
- 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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