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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

515 AM EST MON MAR 26 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 

STAGE AT 4 AM THIS MORNING WAS 8.3 FEET.  THIS RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 

ITS 7.5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE SOMETIME TUESDAY AFTERNOON . 



THE IPSWICH RIVER AT IPSWICH CRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT.  THE STAGE AT 1 

AM THIS MORNING WAS 8.7 FT.  THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A GRADUAL 

RECESSION DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WILL REMAIN ABOVE ITS 7 FOOT 

FLOOD STAGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  



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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