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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1122 AM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR...

  HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

    INCLUDING EAST HARTFORD...NEW BRITAIN...NEWINGTON...WEST

    HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS AND SOUTHINGTON



* UNTIL 1115 PM EST.



* AT 1115 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE MUCH OF HARTFORD

  COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE HEADWATER REGION TO THE QUINNIPIAC

  RIVER.  FLOODING WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS RUNOFF 

  FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES.



THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT 11 AM WAS AT 2.70 FEET...WHERE FLOOD STAGE 

IS 3.5 FEET.  THE RIVER WAS RISING SHARPLY AND FLOODING IS LIKELY TO 

DEVELOP ALONG THE RIVER THIS AFTERNOON.  OTHER SMALL BROOKS AND 

STREAMS IN HARTFORD COUNTY MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING THIS 

AFTERNOON.



RAINFALL OF AROUND 1.5 INCHES HAD ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THE COUNTY 

AND ANOTHER HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE 

BEFORE THE RAINS TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.  



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO

KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO RIVERS AND STREAMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG

A FLOOD PRONE STREAM NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY FROM RISING WATERS.



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