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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

545 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001



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

KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES OF RHODE ISLAND AND BRISTOL COUNTY IN 

SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...



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

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

RESPONSE TO THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL FRIDAY.  



IN RHODE ISLAND...THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON HAD RECEDED TO 10.7 

FEET AT 5 PM.  PORTIONS OF CRANSTON ...WARWICK AND WEST WARWICK WILL 

CONTINUE TO SEE MINOR FLOODING AS THE RIVER CONTINUES TO SLOWLY 

RECEDE.  CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THAT THE PAWTUXET RIVER WILL 

LIKELY DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND MID MORNING MONDAY. 



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

THEIR BANKS.  THE TAUNTON RIVER IN WEST BRIDGEWATER...HOWEVER... 

CRESTED NEAR 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS STILL AT 10.9 FEET AT 5 

PM.  THE RIVER WILL VERY SLOWLY RECEDE TONIGHT. THE PASKAMANSET 

RIVER IN SOUTH DARTMOUTH HAD FALLEN TO 13.8 FEET...JUST BELOW THE 

14.0 FEET FLOOD STAGE AT 5 PM.  THIS RIVER WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO 

SLOWLY RECEDE.



NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  THIS 

WILL ALLOW THOSE SMALL RIVERS STILL IN FLOOD TO SLOWLY RECEDE.



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

LATEST INFORMATION ON THOSE RIVERS AND STREAMS STILL IN FLOOD.



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