Brooksville Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1053 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

  SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLD TOWN...LINCOLN...HOWLAND...
  BANGOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BLUE HILL...BAR HARBOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT...
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
ADVISORY AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD
TO THE CLOGGING OF STORM DRAINS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS. SMALL STREAMS AND BROOKS COULD FILL UP QUICKLY AND SPILL OVER
THEIR BANKS.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
LAT...LON 4484 6703 4441 6814 4446 6820 4439 6819
      4429 6844 4431 6849 4424 6858 4469 6881
      4478 6925 4509 6920 4514 6876 4539 6881
      4564 6771 4531 6743 4520 6742 4514 6735
      4516 6729
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HEWITT

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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 411 AM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN
  MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  EAST CENTRAL MAINE...CENTRAL PENOBSCOT AND SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT.
  IN NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK. IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
  CENTRAL WASHINGTON...COASTAL HANCOCK...COASTAL WASHINGTON...
  INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* EXPECT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE THREAT AREA INTO
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND BROOKS TO RISE AND
  POSSIBLY EXCEED THEIR BANKS. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON LARGER
  RIVERS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...EVEN LARGER RIVERS ARE EXPECTED
  TO RISE SEVERAL FEET.
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.
$$
KHW

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