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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

500 AM EST SUN MAR 25 2001



...FLOODING OF SOME SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE 

OVERNIGHT... 



...ESSEX AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

MANY SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE REMAINED IN FLOOD ACROSS PORTIONS

OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

THROUGH SUNDAY.  



THE SPICKET RIVER AT METHUEN CRESTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THE 4AM STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 8.9 FEET.  THIS RIVER WILL REMAIN 

ABOVE ITS 7.5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE INTO MONDAY. 



SIMILARLY...THE IPSWICH RIVER AT IPSWICH WAS AT ITS HIGHEST STAGE 

FOR THIS EVENT...8.9 FEET AND APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED. IT WILL BEGIN 

A SLOW RECESSION LATE TODAY BUT NOT LIKELY RETURN BACK BELOW ITS 7 

FOOT FLOOD STAGE UNTIL MONDAY OR TUESDAY. UPSTREAM...THE IPSWICH 

RIVER AT SOUTH MIDDLETON HAS CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL 

THROUGH THE DAY.



OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE CRESTED AND ARE RECEDING... 

RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE 

ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND REMAIN OUT OF FLOODED AREAS.



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

INFORMATION.



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