Thursday, July 24, 2008

Climate Change!

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a Tornado Warning for... southeastern Belknap County in central New Hampshire... northwestern Strafford County in central New Hampshire... until 1215 PM EDT* at 1138 am EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated asevere thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 13 milessouthwest of Farmington... or about 6 miles northwest ofNorthwood... moving northeast at 45 mph.*

Some locations in the warning include but are not limited to Farmington and Alton.In addition to the tornado... this storm is capable of producing destructive straight line winds.

The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... eastern Belknap County in central New Hampshire... northwestern Strafford County in central New Hampshire... eastern Merrimack County in central New Hampshire... southern Carroll County in northern New Hampshire... until 1230 PM EDT at 1133 am EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. This storm was located 9 miles south of Barnstead... or
about 8 miles west of Northwood... and moving north at 51 mph. Some locations in the warning include but are not limited to Barnstead... Gilmanton... Alton... Wolfeboro and Ossipee.

Flood Watch remains in effect through Friday morning... The Flood Watch continues for portions of central New Hampshire and northern New Hampshire... including the following areas... in central New Hampshire... Belknap... Merrimack and Sullivan. In northern New Hampshire... northern Carroll... northern Coos... northern Grafton... southern Carroll... southern Coos and southern Grafton. Through Friday morning expect a total of 2 to 4 inches of rain to fall in the watch area through Thursday night. Showers and thunderstorms will continue through the day... with the flood potential increasing as showers continue through Thursday night. Heavy rain from showers and thunderstorms may cause area streams to rise quickly... with small stream and urban flooding possible.