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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

329 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS 

TONIGHT...



RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY 

WHERE A FLOOD WATCH FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUES.  SMALL 

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE INTO TONIGHT AND THE THREAT 

STILL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THEM TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  THE 

SPICKET RIVER IS BEING WATCHED CLOSELY.  THE SPICKET RECEIVED HEAVY 

SNOW FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS STORM EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE 

COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINS AND MELTING SNOWS IS NOW CAUSING THE 

RIVER TO RISE AGAIN.  IT MAY CREST AROUND ITS 7.5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE 

OVERNIGHT.  SHOULD FLOODING BECOME IMMINENT...FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE 

ISSUED.



...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR EASTERN HAMPDEN...SOUTHERN 

WORCESTER...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES...



HEAVY RAINS WERE ABOUT TO END ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT.  THOUGH RIVERS 

AND STREAMS IN TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE 

SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS..CRESTING NEAR BANKFULL... 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.



SIMILARLY...RAINFALL WILL BE ENDING ACROSS EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY BY 

4 PM AND WILL END IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY BY 5 PM.  SMALL 

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SHARPLY THROUGH THE EVENING 

BUT SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN THEIR BANKS...WITH NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

EXPECTED.



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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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO UGC TO INCLUDE CANCELED ZONES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

329 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS 

TONIGHT...



RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY 

WHERE A FLOOD WATCH FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUES.  SMALL 

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE INTO TONIGHT AND THE THREAT 

STILL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THEM TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  THE 

SPICKET RIVER IS BEING WATCHED CLOSELY.  THE SPICKET RECEIVED HEAVY 

SNOW FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS STORM EARLIER TODAY...BUT THE 

COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINS AND MELTING SNOWS IS NOW CAUSING THE 

RIVER TO RISE AGAIN.  IT MAY CREST AROUND ITS 7.5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE 

OVERNIGHT.  SHOULD FLOODING BECOME IMMINENT...FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE 

ISSUED.



...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR EASTERN HAMPDEN...SOUTHERN 

WORCESTER...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES...



HEAVY RAINS WERE ABOUT TO END ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT.  THOUGH RIVERS 

AND STREAMS IN TOLLAND AND WINDHAM COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE 

SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS..CRESTING NEAR BANKFULL... 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.



SIMILARLY...RAINFALL WILL BE ENDING ACROSS EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY BY 

4 PM AND WILL END IN SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY BY 5 PM.  SMALL 

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SHARPLY THROUGH THE EVENING 

BUT SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN THEIR BANKS...WITH NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

EXPECTED.



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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