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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

500 AM EST SAT MAR 24 2001



...FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN 

NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 

ESSEX...MIDDLESEX...NORFOLK...PLYMOUTH AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES IN 

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.



FLOOD WARNINGS ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR KENT AND PROVIDENCE 

COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND.



RISES CONTINUE TO BE SEEN ON A FEW SMALL RIVERS IN EASTERN 

MASSACHUSETTS...BUT MOST HAVE CRESTED.  RIVER AND STREAM FLOWS 

REMAIN HIGH HOWEVER...AND IT WILL STILL TAKE MUCH OF TODAY FOR 

FLOODING TO SUBSIDE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY.



ALTHOUGH URBAN FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO EASE...THERE WILL STILL BE 

LOCALIZED STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING TODAY.



...ESSEX AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

THE SPICKET RIVER AT METHUEN CREST AT 9.06 FEET AT 230 AM AND WAS AT 

A STAGE OF 9.5 FEET AT 4 AM. FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.  IT WILL 

LIKELY REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY.



THE IPSWICH RIVER AT IPSWICH WAS AT A STAGE OF 8.44 FEET AT 2 

AM...ABOVE ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 7 FEET.  IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST 

AROUND 8.5 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH THE 

DAY.



OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE CRESTED AND WERE 

RECEDING...INCLUDING THE ABERJONA...BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE TODAY.



RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE 

ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS...AND EVACUATE IF YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO.



...NORFOLK...SUFFOLK AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES...

MOST TRIBUTARIES TO THE CHARLES AND NEPONSET RIVERS HAVE CRESTED AND 

WERE RECEDING...BUT WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD TODAY. 



...PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES...

TRIBUTARIES TO THE BLACKSTONE RIVER WERE RECEDING...BUT WILL REMAIN 

IN FLOOD THIS MORNING.  THE PAWTUXET RIVER HAS RECEDED BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE.



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

INFORMATION.



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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

500 AM EST SAT MAR 24 2001



...FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY IN 

NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 

ESSEX...MIDDLESEX...NORFOLK...PLYMOUTH AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES IN 

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.



FLOOD WARNINGS ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR KENT AND PROVIDENCE 

COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND.



RISES CONTINUE TO BE SEEN ON A FEW SMALL RIVERS IN EASTERN 

MASSACHUSETTS...BUT MOST HAVE CRESTED.  RIVER AND STREAM FLOWS 

REMAIN HIGH HOWEVER...AND IT WILL STILL TAKE MUCH OF TODAY FOR 

FLOODING TO SUBSIDE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY.



ALTHOUGH URBAN FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO EASE...THERE WILL STILL BE 

LOCALIZED STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING TODAY.



...ESSEX AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

THE SPICKET RIVER AT METHUEN CREST AT 9.06 FEET AT 230 AM AND WAS AT 

A STAGE OF 9.05 FEET AT 4 AM. FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.  IT WILL 

LIKELY REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY.



THE IPSWICH RIVER AT IPSWICH WAS AT A STAGE OF 8.44 FEET AT 2 

AM...ABOVE ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 7 FEET.  IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST 

AROUND 8.5 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH THE 

DAY.



OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE CRESTED AND WERE 

RECEDING...INCLUDING THE ABERJONA...BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE TODAY.



RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE 

ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS...AND EVACUATE IF YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO.



...NORFOLK...SUFFOLK AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES...

MOST TRIBUTARIES TO THE CHARLES AND NEPONSET RIVERS HAVE CRESTED AND 

WERE RECEDING...BUT WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD TODAY. 



...PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES...

TRIBUTARIES TO THE BLACKSTONE RIVER WERE RECEDING...BUT WILL REMAIN 

IN FLOOD THIS MORNING.  THE PAWTUXET RIVER HAS RECEDED BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE.



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

INFORMATION.



$$

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