BOF 000 WGUS61 KGYX 311921 FFAGYX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 321 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS... .SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PASSES SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. TO THIS POINT...BETWEEN ONE-HALF AND ONE AND ONE-QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS TOP ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES...MAINSTEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE PEMIGEWASSET RIVER AT WOODSTOCK AND THE SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY COULD REACH FLOOD STAGE. MEZ007-008-012-013-NHZ001>010-013-014-010000- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-090801T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON- NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN- MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 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...WOLFEBORO...OSSIPEE...CLAREMONT...NEWPORT... CHARLESTOWN...CONCORD...HOOKSETT...LACONIA...MEREDITH... ROCHESTER...DOVER...SALEM...DERRY...EXETER...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON 321 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN MAINE...NORTHERN FRANKLIN... NORTHERN OXFORD...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN OXFORD. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...BELKNAP...COASTAL ROCKINGHAM...INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM...MERRIMACK...NORTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN COOS... NORTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...STRAFFORD AND SULLIVAN. * UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING * WITH THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE...THE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SINCE RIVERS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK...THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD PUSH SOME RIVERS OVER THEIR BANKS. * BETWEEN THREE-QUARTERS AND ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE STATE. HIS MUCH RAIN COULD PUSH SMALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS TO NEAR BANKFUL. IF ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN FALLS...MAINSTEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE THE PEMIGEWASSET RIVER AT WOODSTOCK AND THE SWIFT RIVER AT ROXBURY COULD REACH FLOOD STAGE. 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. && $$ EOF