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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

930 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



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

  HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...

  MIDDLESEX...SUFFOLK...NORFOLK...BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES

   IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY.



* RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON IN THE WARNING

  AREA.   THE HIGHEST TOTALS...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES...WERE

  REPORTED IN SOUTH COASTAL RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS.  THE 

  HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION...AND ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL BE UNDER 0.25 INCH.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. THE ROAD 

COULD BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT.



...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

THE HARDEST HIT AREA HAS BEEN ALONG THE SOUTH COAST WHERE AROUND 6 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL.  THE NASKETUCKET RIVER WAS FLOODING A PORTION 

OF ROUTE 6 IN FAIRHAVEN.  OTHER SMALL STREAMS WERE PRODUCING ROAD 

CLOSURES IN PARTS OF NEW BEDFORD.  FLOODING WILL EASE OVERNIGHT IN 

THESE AREAS NOW THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED.



THE WADING AND TAUNTON RIVERS SOUTH OF BOSTON SHOULD CREST EARLY 

SATURDAY MORNING AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVELS AS WITH LAST WEEKS STORM.



IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...THE CHARLES RIVER AT WALTHAM WAS CRESTING AT 

5.3 FEET AT 9 PM...AND WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE SLOWLY OVERNIGHT.  IT 

WILL REMAIN ABOVE ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 5 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY 

MORNING.  THE ABERJONA RIVER AT WINCHESTER WAS CRESTING JUST BELOW 

ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 13 FEET AT 9 PM...AND WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE 

SATURDAY MORNING.



...RHODE ISLAND...

THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON WAS AT A STAGE OF 10.3 FEET AT

9 PM...AND IS FORECAST TO CREST JUST OVER 11 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.  

THIS IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE CREST WHICH OCCURRED WITH LAST WEEKS 

STORM.  FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET.  OTHER SMALL RIVERS INCLUDING THE 

WOONASQUATUCKET AND POCASSET RIVERS WILL CREST OVERNIGHT...AND 

FLOODING ALONG BOTH RIVERS WILL SUBSIDE SATURDAY MORNING.



...HARTFORD COUNTY...

THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST AROUND 4.5 FEET 

OVERNIGHT...WHICH IS ABOUT ONE FOOT OVER FLOOD STAGE.  FLOODING WILL 

IMPACT LOW LYING AREAS AND BASEMENTS OF RIVERSIDE HOMES.  SEVERAL 

ROADS ALONG THE RIVER MAY BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.

 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST 

INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOD EVENT.  



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JWD

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