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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

800 PM EDT MON APR 2 2001



...SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR BANKS...



FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS

IN KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND...AND FOR BRISTOL 

COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.



DRY WEATHER WILL ALLOW SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RECEDE THROUGH 

MOST OF THIS WEEK.



IN RHODE ISLAND...THE PAWTUXET RIVET AT CRANSTON HAD FALLEN TO A 

STAGE OF 8.9 FEET AT 7 PM...JUST BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.



IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...THE WADING AND TAUNTON RIVERS WILL ALSO

CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.



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JWD

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