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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

142 AM EST FRI MAR 23 2001



...MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER...



THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. THE RIVER 

CRESTED THIS AFTERNOON AT 4.6 FEET AT SOUTHINGTON AND HAS FALLEN TO 

4.2 FEET AS OF 1 AM. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND 

THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 3.0 FEET LATE 

TONIGHT.



RIVER LEVELS OF 4.0 TO 4.5 FEET RESULT IN SOME BASEMENT FLOODING AND 

ROAD CLOSURES ALONG THE RIVER. 



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