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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
955 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025
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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAKER LAKE, MOUNT KATAHDIN, FORT KENT,
BILLY-JACK DEPOT, ASHLAND, CLAYTON LAKE, BAXTER ST PARK, VAN
BUREN, MADAWASKA, CHAMBERLAIN LAKE, CHURCHILL DAM, ALLAGASH, MARS
HILL, CARIBOU, PRESQUE ISLE, AND FRENCHVILLE
955 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHERN AND NORTH WOODS MAINE, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN FAR NORTHERN MAINE, NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK
AND NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK. IN NORTH WOODS MAINE, NORTHERN
PISCATAQUIS AND NORTHERN SOMERSET.
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THESE
STORMS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LAYING AND FLOOD
PRONE 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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