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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

341 AM EST WED MAR 21 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH

THURSDAY EVENING...



THIS FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MASSACHUSETTS

     NORFOLK...PLYMOUTH...EASTERN ESSEX...SUFFOLK...NORTHERN

     BRISTOL...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX



IN RHODE ISLAND

     KENT...PROVIDENCE...AND WASHINGTON...



IN CONNECTICUT

     WINDHAM



RIVER AND STREAM FLOWS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 

NORMAL IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN 

MASSACHUSETTS...AS A RESULT OF MELTING SNOW DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...AND COULD 

LEAD TO FLOODING ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ON THURSDAY.



IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ON

MANY SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA.  CURRENTLY

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE PREDICTED BY LATE THURSDAY.



RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY EVENING AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN 

INTO THE REGION.  THIS WILL HELP SLOW RUNOFF INTO RIVERS AND 

STREAMS.  HOWEVER...THE LARGER RIVERS SUCH AS THE CHARLES...NEPONSET 

AND BLACKSTONE COULD SHOW SIGNIFICANT RISES THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR 

EVENING.





A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLOODING ALONG

SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS. ANYONE LIVING OR WORKING ALONG RIVERS AND

STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA MUST MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE

READY TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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