Heavy rain, flooding predicted for Northern Seacoast, southwestern York County

A flood watch has been issued for Strafford County as well as interior York County in Maine beginning tonight at 8.
According to the watch, excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
The warning comes due to heavy rains that are expected along with saturated ground, which could lead to higher than normal runoff from rivers and streams.
Some of the heaviest rain is expected late tonight.
The rain is expected to begin around 10 a.m. today, abate around 1 p.m. and then pick up again around 6 this evening and rain steadily through the night till around 9 a.m. on Monday. A few scattered showers could resume around noon before skies brighten around 2 p.m.
Eversource and CMP are both preparing to prestage dispatch crews in the event of any outages.
Safety officials urge those in low-lying areas prone to flooding to closely monitor weather reports as the storm moves through New Hampshire and Maine.

Accuweather material was used in this report.