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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1100 AM EST THU MAR 22 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUES

UNTIL 5 PM...



THE WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MOST OF RHODE ISLAND...

AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.



MANY SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE RISEN OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AS

A RESULT OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  THESE SMALLER RIVERS AND 

STREAMS WILL CREST THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE...THEN RECEDE LATE TODAY.  THIS INCLUDES THE ABERJONA 

RIVER NEAR WINCHENDON MASSACHUSETTS...THE PAWTUXET RIVER NEAR 

CRANSTON RHODE ISLAND...AND THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER NEAR SOUTHINGTON 

CONNECTICUT.



LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THESE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON.  ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD 

WATERS.  FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS...AND NEVER ATTEMPT

TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.



SO FAR TODAY...FLOODING HAS BEEN MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE 

MERRIMACK VALLEY IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...WHERE SEVERAL SMALL 

RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE RISEN OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  THERE HAVE BEEN 

MANY REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN BILLERICA AND 

LAWRENCE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED 

INFORMATION.



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JWD

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