...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN MAINE THROUGH 8 AM
SUNDAY...

.TWENTY FOUR HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 8 AM THIS MORNING
HAVE RANGED FROM HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN
MAINE. HOWEVER...FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS TOTAL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER... 2 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE. ANOTHER INCH OF
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY. SOME AREAS COULD SEE LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 1 1/2
TO MAYBE 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING.

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NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...RUMFORD...
NORWAY...FRYEBURG...OXFORD...FARMINGTON...WILTON...COLEBROOK...
BERLIN...LANCASTER...LITTLETON...NORTH CONWAY...LEBANON...
HANOVER...PLYMOUTH
1052 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013



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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN OXFORD...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND 
SOUTHERN OXFORD. IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN 
CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS...NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN COOS AND 
SOUTHERN GRAFTON. 

* THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING

* TWENTY FOUR HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 8 AM THIS MORNING
HAVE RANGED FROM HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN
MAINE. HOWEVER...FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS TOTAL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER... 2 TO 3 INCHES OR MORE. ANOTHER INCH OF
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
THROUGH 8 AM SUNDAY. SOME AREAS COULD SEE LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 1 1/2
TO MAYBE 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAIN WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING.

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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