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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

848 AM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS 

NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR NORTHERN WORCESTER 

COUNTY... 



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND 

AND MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INTO THE AFTERNOON WHERE THE 

THREAT OF SMALL RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH.  



ACROSS SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND THE MERRIMACK VALLEY OF 

NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED 

SOMEWHAT AS THE PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN SLOW TO CHANGE FROM SNOW TO 

RAIN.   SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN OVER MOST OF THIS AREA BY 

MIDDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AT TIMES DURING THE 

AFTERNOON.



RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION WERE JUST BEGINNING TO RESPOND 

TO THE HEAVY RAINS.  THUS FAR...AROUND 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS CONNECTICUT WITH 0.50 TO 0.75 INCHES ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND 

SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.  ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE 

THE RAIN TAPERS OFF TOWARD EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 

TO 1 TO 3 INCHES.



THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON IS HIGHEST IN CONNECTICUT 

AND RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.  THE EVOLUTION OF 

SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WILL HINGE UPON THE 

CHANGEOVER TO RAIN.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLOODING ALONG 

SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS. ANYONE LIVING OR WORKING ALONG RIVERS AND 

STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA MUST MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE 

READY TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR 

THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.



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