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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1245 PM EST SUN MAR 25 2001



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

TUESDAY... 



...ESSEX AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

SEVERAL SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE REMAINED IN FLOOD ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.  FLOODING ON SOME OF THESE 

RIVERS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO TUESDAY.



THE SPICKET RIVER AT METHUEN CRESTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE 

12 NOON STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.  THIS RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE ITS 7.5 

FOOT FLOOD STAGE AT LEAST INTO TUESDAY. 



THE IPSWICH RIVER AT IPSWICH CRESTED OVERNIGHT.  THE 930 AM STAGE 

WAS 8.8 FT.  THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A GRADUAL RECESSION DURING THE 

NEXT FEW DAYS AND IS NOT LIKELY TO DROP BELOW ITS 7 FOOT FLOOD STAGE 

UNTIL SOMETIME WEDNESDAY.  



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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