Flash Flood Watch
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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.

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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.

&&

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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