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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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