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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

440 AM EST SAT MAR 31 2001



...FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH 

TODAY FOR HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE 

ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF 

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



THE WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS HAS YET AGAIN RESULTED 

IN ANOTHER WIDESPREAD MINOR TO MODERATE FLOOD EPISODE ACROSS PARTS 

OF THE REGION. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN 

END ACROSS THE REGION...AND MOST SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE 

CRESTED AND ARE STARTING TO RECEDE.



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES HAS ALREADY 

FELL ACROSS CONNECTICUT...MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST 

MASSACHUSETTS ON FRIDAY.  HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO AFFECTED MIDDLESEX AND 

ESSEX COUNTIES AND THE BOSTON METRO AREA WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES FELL. 



...HARTFORD COUNTY...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 

AFTERNOON...

THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER IS EXPERIENCING MINOR FLOODING.  THE 4 AM STAGE 

WAS 4.3 FEET...OR NEARLY A FOOT OVER FLOOD STAGE.  MINOR FLOODING IS 

LIKELY TODAY AS THE RIVER FALLS TO ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 3.5 FEET LATE 

THIS AFTERNOON.



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

AFTERNOON...FLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS ALONG THE PAWTUXET RIVER. THE

4 AM STAGE AT CRANSTON WAS NEARLY 11.3 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET.  

IT APPEARS MORE LIKELY AT THIS TIME THAT THE RIVER COULD CREST VERY 

CLOSE TO THE ELEVATION THAT IT CRESTED AT DURING LAST WEEKS 

STORM...AROUND 11.6 FEET WHICH WOULD PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING IN 

SOME LOCATIONS.  



...EAST/SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT THROUGH 

THIS AFTERNOON...MANY SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE CRESTED AND HAVE

BEGUN TO RECEDE. THE CHARLES RIVER AT WALTHAM WAS AT 5.2 FEET AND 

FALLING...AND SHOULD FALL BELOW THE 5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE AROUND NOON. 

THE ABERJONA RIVER WAS HOLDING STEADY JUST UNDER ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 

13 FEET. 



THE TAUNTON RIVER WAS AT 8.5 FEET AT 3 AM AND STILL RISING SLOWLY. 

FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. THE RIVER MAY CREST AT ABOUT 9 FEET LATER 

THIS MORNING.



THE WADING RIVER IN NORTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY WAS STILL RISING. THE 

STAGE AT 2 AM WAS 9.3 FEET AND WILL LIKELY CREST JUST ABOVE THE 

FLOOD STAGE OF 9.5 FEET THIS MORNING.



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

LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WIDESPREAD FLOOD EVENT.



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DUNHAM

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