Heavy rainfall warnings issued for Northern Maine & NW New Brunswick

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1048 AM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

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NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET-
NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK-
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA...
FORT KENT...FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE...CARIBOU...VAN BUREN...
MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK...
CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN...MILLINOCKET...
EAST MILLINOCKET...PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON...HODGDON...
SHERMAN...SMYRNA MILLS...GREENVILLE...MONSON...BLANCHARD...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD
1048 AM EDT THU SEP 12 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
  NORTHERN MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN PENOBSCOT.
  IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS...NORTHERN
  PISCATAQUIS AND SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS. IN NORTHERN MAINE...
  NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK...NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK AND SOUTHEAST
  AROOSTOOK. IN WEST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN SOMERSET.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME LOCALLY
  HIGH AMOUNTS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME
  AREA...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

* FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND
  AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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HEWITT

Woodstock and Carleton County
10:42 AM ADT Thursday 12 September 2013
Rainfall warning for
Woodstock and Carleton County continued

Heavy rainfall giving 70 millimetres or more is forecast for today and Friday.

This is a warning that significant rainfall is expected in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..listen for updated statements.

A frontal system is forecast to give heavy rain today and Friday over portions of Northern and Central New Brunswick. Up to 70 millimetres of rainfall is forecast. Locally higher amounts are possible in scattered thundershowers which will accompany the rain.