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EXPIRED3/10/2024 9:14:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Likely
3/10/2024 9:14:00 AM until 3/10/2024 1:00:00 PM
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
FFWGYX
The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Androscoggin County in southwestern Maine...
Central Cumberland County in southwestern Maine...
* Until 100 PM EDT.
* At 914 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is
1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1
inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Portland, Lewiston, South Portland, Auburn, Brunswick, Westbrook,
Topsham, Cumberland, Gorham and Falmouth.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between mile markers 44 and 71.
Interstate 295 between mile markers 1 and 30.
This includes the following Islands locations...
Mackworth Island.