...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE
THROUGH NOON EDT SUNDAY FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...

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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-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
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...
LINCOLN...HOWLAND...SPRINGFIELD...BANGOR...BREWER...ORONO...
OLD TOWN...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...GREAT POND...
ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...PEMBROKE...
PERRY...PRINCETON...DOVER-FOXCROFT...MILO...GUILFORD...DANFORTH...
VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
1021 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 3.5 INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO
SUNDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HILLY UPSLOPE AREAS
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MAINE.

* THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...AND THE 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS 
TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. PONDING OF WATER IS ALSO EXPECTED ON 
ROADWAYS...AND STANDING WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW SPOTS. ANY 
CULVERTS THAT ARE PLUGGED WITH DEBRIS MAY ALSO FLOOD. MAIN 
STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES...BUT ARE 
NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD AT THIS TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

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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