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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1000 PM EST MON MAR 26 2001



...THE SPICKET AND IPSWICH RIVERS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH 

TUESDAY...



FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR ESSEX AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES 

IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.  



SNOW TONIGHT WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON RIVERS AND STREAMS.  THE 

WATER CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL LESS THAN 0.3 INCH.  DRY WEATHER IS 

THEN FORECAST FOR TUESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY...BEFORE MILDER AND 

POTENTIALLY WET WEATHER ARRIVES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.



THE SPICKET RIVER AT METHUEN WAS AT A STAGE OF 7.8 FEET AT 9 PM. IT 

WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE...AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW ITS FLOOD 

STAGE OF 7.5 FEET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.



THE IPSWICH RIVER AT IPSWICH WAS AT A STAGE OF 8.3 FEET AT 9 PM. IT 

WILL RECEDE VERY SLOWLY...AND IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH 

TUESDAY.  THE IPSWICH RIVER SHOULD FALL BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 7 

FEET WEDNESDAY.



RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW

THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS.  



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