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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1204 PM EST SAT MAR 31 2001



...FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS 

AFTERNOON FOR KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES OF RHODE ISLAND AND 

BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...



...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CANCELED FOR HARTFORD COUNTY CONNECTICUT... 

FOR MIDDLESEX...ESSEX...NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES IN EASTERN 

MASSACHUSETTS...AND FOR WASHINGTON...BRISTOL AND NEWPORT COUNTIES IN 

RHODE ISLAND...



MINOR FLOODING CONTINUED ON RIVERS AND A FEW STREAMS IN THE NORTHERN 

HALF OF RHODE ISLAND AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...ALL IN 

RESPONSE TO THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL YESTERDAY.  



IN RHODE ISLAND...THE PAWTUXET RIVER WAS CRESTING AT MIDDAY AT 11.6 

FEET WHICH IS THE SAME LEVEL REACHED DURING THE FLOODING LAST 

WEEKEND.  PORTIONS OF CRANSTON...WARWICK AND WEST WARWICK WILL 

CONTINUE TO SEE MINOR FLOODING INTO TONIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING AS THE 

RIVER RECEDES THROUGH SUNDAY.  



IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...MOST SMALL STREAMS HAVE RETURNED WITHIN 

THEIR BANKS...INCLUDING THE NASKETUCKET AND MATTAPOISETT RIVERS 

WHICH EXPERIENCED FLOODING LATE YESTERDAY.  THE WADING RIVER WAS AT 

9.6 FEET...JUST OVER ITS 9.5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE.  THE RIVER WILL CREST 

THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AROUND 9.8 FEET BEFORE FALLING BACK 

BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  SIMILARLY...THE TAUNTON RIVER IN WEST 

BRIDGEWATER CONTINUED TO RISE BUT SHOULD CREST AROUND 10 FEET 

TONIGHT.  



RIVERS WERE RECEDING BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS ACROSS HARTFORD COUNTY 

CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS IN AND AROUND THE BOSTON METRO 

AREA THIS MORNING.  CONSIDERABLE URBAN FLOODING DID OCCUR YESTERDAY 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS IN 

THESE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE QUINNIPIAC...LOWER CHARLES AS WELL AS 

OTHER SMALL STREAMS. 



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

LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WIDESPREAD FLOOD EVENT.



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