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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

227 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT...AS 

WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND AND MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST 

MASSACHUSETTS...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS 

EVENING FOR EASTERN HAMPDEN - SOUTHERN WORCESTER AND ESSEX COUNTY 

MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTY CONNECTICUT...



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

CONNECTICUT...MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.  

HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO NOW AFFECTING SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND 

THE BOSTON METRO AREA WHERE 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN.



ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS PARTS OF RHODE 

ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND WILL END 

ACROSS EASTERN CONNECTICUT WITHIN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.  HOWEVER... 

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES 

THROUGH TONIGHT.



THE FLOOD THREAT IS DIMINISHING FOR EASTERN HAMPDEN AND SOUTHERN 

WORCESTER COUNTY...BUT CONTINUES IN ESSEX COUNTY WHERE HEAVY RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



...HARTFORD COUNTY...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT...

THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER IS NOW RISING INTO FLOOD...WITH THE 2 PM 

READING AT ITS 3.50 FLOOD STAGE.  MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS 

LIKELY INTO SATURDAY AS THE RIVER RISES TO 4 TO 4.5 FEET.



...RHODE ISLAND...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT STATEWIDE...

FLOODING WAS ABOUT TO DEVELOP ON THE MAINSTEM PAWTUXET RIVER AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES.  THE 1 PM STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET...AND A RISE TO FLOOD 

STAGE OF 9 FEET IS LIKELY BEFORE EVENING.  BAILEY BROOK IN 

MIDDLETOWN WAS OVER ITS BANKS AND MANY OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND 

STREAMS ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF FLOODING THROUGH 

THIS EVENING.  



RIVERS ESPECIALLY IMPACTED LAST WEEK...INCLUDING THE WOONASQUATUCKET 

AND POCASSET RIVERS SHOULD ALSO EXPECT MORE FLOODING INTO TONIGHT.



...EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS WERE RISING SIGNIFICANTLY IN RESPONSE TO THE 

HEAVY RAINS.  THE CHARLES RIVER IN WALTHAM AT 2 PM WAS AT ITS 5.0 

FOOT FLOOD STAGE AND RISING.  OTHER SMALL BROOKS AND STREAMS SUCH AS 

THE MUDDY RIVER AND ALEWIFE BROOK WILL LIKELY SPILL OVER THEIR BANKS 

FOR A TIME AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.



THE ABERJONA RIVER WAS RISING AND IS EXPECTED TO RISE OVER ITS 13 

FOOT FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT.  THE SLOWER 

RISING WADING AND TAUNTON RIVERS ARE LIKELY TO RISE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS LATER TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING.  

KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE RIVERS AND STREAMS IN YOUR AREA. 

IF YOU LIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE STREAM PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LATER 

FORECASTS AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.



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VALLEE

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