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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
219 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
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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 AURORA, AMHERST, BANGOR, SHERMAN,
EASTPORT, CHERRYFIELD, CASTINE, DANFORTH, PATTEN, VANCEBORO,
GREENVILLE, EAST MILLINOCKET, MEDWAY, PRINCETON, BAR HARBOR,
GUILFORD, PERRY, HOWLAND, ORONO, CALAIS, DEDHAM, ELLSWORTH,
MONSON, GREAT POND, HODGDON, BUCKSPORT, SPRINGFIELD, SMYRNA
MILLS, OLD TOWN, LINCOLN, HOULTON, TOPSFIELD, DOVER-FOXCROFT,
BLANCHARD, GRAND LAKE STREAM, ORLAND, MILLINOCKET, WESLEY,
BREWER, EASTBROOK, MACHIAS, AND MILO
219 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN, SNOWMELT AND ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, COASTAL DOWNEAST, FAR
EASTERN, INTERIOR DOWNEAST, 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
INTERIOR DOWNEAST MAINE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND INTERIOR HANCOCK.
IN PENOBSCOT VALLEY MAINE, CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHERN
PENOBSCOT.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY
BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD
TOTALS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE ANTICIPATED WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE
SOUTHERN UPSLOPE OF THE LONGFELLOW MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE
DOWNEAST. INCREASING RUNOFF AND ICE ROT WILL LEAD TO ICE
MOVEMENT ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS CREATING AN ELEVATED RISK
OF ICE JAM 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.
JS
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