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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1246 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



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

  SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE...NEWTON...SOMERVILLE...WALTHAM

  CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING BROOKLINE

  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING BOSTON



* UNTIL 1245 AM EST.



* AT 1240 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  IN AND AROUND THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA.  ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY EARLY TONIGHT.

  THIS WILL RESULT IN SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND CONSIDERABLE

  URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CHARLES RIVER AT WALTHAM WAS AT A STAGE OF 

4.8 FEET...NEARING ITS 5.0 FOOT FLOOD STAGE.  MINOR FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  



THE ABERJONA RIVER WAS NOW BEGINNING TO RESPOND TO THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND IS LIKELY TO RISE OVER ITS 13 FOOT FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT 

AND EARLY SATURDAY RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING.



OTHER BROOKS AND STREAMS PRONE TO FLOODING DURING HEAVY RAINS...SUCH 

AS THE MUDDY RIVER AND ALEWIFE BROOK...MAY BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE MINOR

FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE.  SIGNIFICANT URBAN 

AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS LIKELY AS WELL.



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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VALLEE

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