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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
259 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 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 CALAIS, HODGDON, MILLINOCKET, SHERMAN,
MACHIAS, EASTPORT, DEDHAM, LINCOLN, CHERRYFIELD, EASTBROOK, EAST
MILLINOCKET, TOPSFIELD, BANGOR, SPRINGFIELD, GRAND LAKE STREAM,
ORONO, HOWLAND, SMYRNA MILLS, BAR HARBOR, DOVER-FOXCROFT,
DANFORTH, AMHERST, GREENVILLE, OLD TOWN, MILO, PATTEN, MONSON,
WESLEY, BLANCHARD, ORLAND, GREAT POND, AURORA, BREWER, MEDWAY,
PERRY, BUCKSPORT, VANCEBORO, PRINCETON, CASTINE, HOULTON,
GUILFORD, AND ELLSWORTH
259 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN, SNOWMELT, AND ICE JAMS CONTINUES
TO BE 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...THROUGH THIS 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...
- ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE
NIGHT BEFORE ENDING THIS 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.
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