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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

350 PM EST WED MAR 21 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN

CONNECTICUT...MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN MASSACHUSETTS

   ESSEX...MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN WORCESTER...EASTERN HAMPDEN...

   NORFOLK...SUFFOLK...NORTHERN BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH.



IN CONNECTICUT

   HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM.



IN RHODE ISLAND

   KENT...PROVIDENCE AND WASHINGTON.



HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ON 

RIVERS AND STREAMS...BEGINNING THURSDAY MORNING IN THE WATCH AREA.

SHOULD FLOODING BECOME MORE CERTAIN...FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED 

WITH SPECIFIC INFORMATION.



IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN...OR COMBINED RAINFALL 

AND SNOWMELT...TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ON MANY SMALLER RIVERS AND 

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

THURSDAY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.  ACROSS 

NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...1 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL IS FORECAST...BUT ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT IS

EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF WATER REMAINS IN 

THE SNOWPACK.  



SMALL STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES THURSDAY MORNING 

AS THE HEAVY RAINS OCCUR.  LARGER RIVERS...INCLUDING THE

BLACKSTONE...FARMINGTON...CHARLES...NEPONSET...SUDBURY...ASSABET AND 

SHAWSHEEN WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. 



THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG FLOOD PRONE RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD 

TAKE TIME NOW TO PROTECT PROPERTY FROM THE THREAT OF FLOODING.  IN 

ADDITION...DAM OWNERS MAY WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENSURE THAT 

SPILLWAYS ARE CLEAR OF DEBRIS...AS WELL AS DOWNSTREAM CHANNELS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR 

THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL FLOOD EVENT.



$$



JWD

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