


Flash Flood Watch
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
957 WGUS61 KGYX 091258 FFAGYX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Gray ME 858 AM EDT Fri May 9 2025 .A slow moving low pressure system with plenty of moisture will affect the flood watch area through Saturday with periods of soaking rainfall. Wet antecedent conditions across New Hampshire and western Maine could allow for possible flooding late tonight through Saturday night, with one and a half to three inches of rain expected. NHZ010-013-100100- /O.EXA.KGYX.FA.A.0002.250509T1800Z-250511T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Strafford-Interior Rockingham- Including the cities of Chester, Rochester, Durham, Hampstead, Dover, Atkinson, Madbury, Derry, Barrington, Exeter, Rollinsford, Newton, Somersworth, Plaistow, and Salem 858 AM EDT Fri May 9 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. Saturated ground with additional rainfall expected through tomorrow morning will create risk for flooding. * WHERE...Portions of central and southern New Hampshire, including the following areas, in central New Hampshire, Strafford. In southern New Hampshire, Interior Rockingham. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor the latest forecast and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. && $$ MEZ012-NHZ003>009-011-012-015-100100- /O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0002.250509T1800Z-250511T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Southern Oxford-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-Southern Grafton-Southern Carroll-Sullivan-Merrimack-Belknap-Cheshire- Eastern Hillsborough-Western And Central Hillsborough- Including the cities of Ashland, Nashua, Fryeburg, Moultonborough, Hollis, Plymouth, Keene, Manchester, Locke Mills, Jackson, Albany, Ellsworth, Goshen, Ossipee, Newport, Loudon, Lebanon, Bethel, Wakefield, Tuftonboro, Pelham, Concord, Sharon, Oxford, Littleton, Canterbury, Thornton, Lempster, Meredith, Sullivan, Chatham, Wolfeboro, Rumford, Waterville Valley, Gilsum, Jaffrey, Sugar Hill, Boscawen, Hanover, Laconia, Amherst, Lincoln, Crawford Notch, Claremont, Marlow, Goffstown, Mont Vernon, Newry, Milford, North Conway, Norway, Holderness, Croydon, Bryant Pond, Weare, Surry, Bethlehem, Lyme, Dunbarton, Gilford, Charlestown, Grantham, Bridgewater, Woodstock, Milton, Conway, Hooksett, Rumney, Brookfield, Cornish, Peterborough, and Unity 858 AM EDT Fri May 9 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. Saturated ground with additional rainfall expected through tomorrow morning will create risk for flooding. * WHERE...Portions of western Maine, including the following area, Southern Oxford and New Hampshire, including the following areas, Belknap, Cheshire, Eastern Hillsborough, Merrimack, Northern Carroll, Northern Grafton, Southern Carroll, Southern Grafton, Sullivan and Western And Central Hillsborough. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor the latest forecast and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. && $$ Palmer/Jamison