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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

905 AM EST THU MAR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT



* UNTIL 500 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON



THE FLOOD WARNING FOR HARTFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL

5 PM.



THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT SOUTHINGTON WAS AT 4.2 FEET AT 8 AM...

WHICH IS ABOUT ONE FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  IT IS EXPECTED TO

REMAIN IN A MINOR FLOOD TODAY...CRESTING NEAR 4.5 FEET.  THIS

WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT LOW LYING AREAS AND BASEMENTS OF 

RIVERSIDE HOMES.  SEVERAL RIVERSIDE ROADS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.



FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ON OTHER BROOKS AND STREAMS IN

HARTFORD COUNTY...IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR

DRAINAGE FLOODING.



OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN HARTFORD COUNTY SINCE THE RAIN 

BEGAN LAST NIGHT.  ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AND 

CHANGES TO SNOW.  



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

UPDATES.



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