Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
420 PM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009

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EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
420 PM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* BRADFORD ISLAND IN EXTREME NORTHEAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

* THROUGH 11 AM SUNDAY MORNING

* A SECTION OF THE LEVEE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRADFORD ISLAND...
  LOCATED ABOUT EIGHT MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
  ANTIOCH...FELL AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES AFTER A LARGE BOAT RUNNING
  ALONG THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER MADE CONTACT WITH THE LEVEE LATE
  THURSDAY. WHILE THERE IS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEVEE...THERE IS NO
  ACTUAL BREACH IN THE LEVEE AT THIS TIME. CREWS ON SITE CONTINUE
  RESTORATION ON THE LAND SIDE OF THE DAMAGED PORTION OF THE
  LEVEE. ALTHOUGH THE RISK OF FLOODING HAS BEEN REDUCED...IT HAS
  NOT BEEN ELIMINATED. WORK ON THE LAND SIDE OF THE LEVEE WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. WATER-SIDE REPAIRS WILL BEGIN ON
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* IF THE LEVEE WERE TO BREACH...THE WATER WOULD POSE A THREAT TO
  STRUCTURES ON THE ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF THE LEVEE
BREACHING...BUT FAILURE IS NOT IMMINENT.

PEOPLE ON BRADFORD ISLAND SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION AND FOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY.

THIS WATCH WILL BE UPDATED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

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DYKEMA

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
713 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE INTO
   SUNDAY MORNING...

.A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN ALONG THE
DOWNEAST COAST TONIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON
SUNDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
WATCH AREA WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.

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INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON-COASTAL HANCOCK-
COASTAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...AURORA...DEDHAM...EASTBROOK...
GREAT POND...ORLAND...DEBLOIS...GRAND LAKE STREAM...MEDDYBEMPS...
PEMBROKE...PERRY...PRINCETON...ELLSWORTH...BAR HARBOR...
BLUE HILL...EASTPORT...MACHIAS...CHERRYFIELD...DANFORTH...
VANCEBORO...TOPSFIELD
713 PM EDT SAT AUG 29 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MAINE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
 CENTRAL WASHINGTON...COASTAL HANCOCK...COASTAL WASHINGTON...
 INTERIOR HANCOCK AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE THIS
  EVENING COVERING THE BANGOR AND BAR HARBOR REGIONS. LATEST
  REPORTS FROM OBSERVERS HAVE RANGED FROM 1.5 INCHES IN HARRINGTON
  WITH UP TO 2.5 INCHES AT BASS HARBOR OVER THE 12 HOURS. ANOTHER
  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA BY
  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* THIS RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE ROAD FLOODING AND CLOSURES AS MAXIMUM
  RAINFALL RATES OF UP 1 INCH PER HOUR COULD OCCUR DURING THE
  HEIGHT OF THE EVENT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
  RAINFALL...SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BY THE
  TIME THE EVENT ENDS SUNDAY MORNING.

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.

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HEWITT