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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1230 PM EDT MON APR 2 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 WILL CONTINUE ALONG A FEW RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF RHODE ISLAND AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS 

INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER 

THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT RUNOFF CONTINUES FROM THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN THAT FELL FRIDAY.  



IN RHODE ISLAND...THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON HAD RECEDED TO 9.4 

FEET AT 9 AM THIS MORNING...AND WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE 

BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. PORTIONS OF CRANSTON...WARWICK AND WEST 

WARWICK WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. 



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

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

AT 10.6 FEET AT 9 AM THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A VERY 

SLOW RECEDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. 



WITH NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...THOSE 

SMALL RIVERS STILL IN FLOOD WILL CONTINUE 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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