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WGUS71 KOKX 181041

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

540 AM EST THU DEC 18 2003



...MINOR FLOODING WILL COME TO AN END THIS MORNING IN NEW HAVEN 

COUNTY ALONG THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT WALLINGFORD...



THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT WALLINGFORD CRESTED OVERNIGHT AND WILL 

RECEDE TO WITHIN ITS BANKS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...AT 

THIS TIME SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING. AT 5 AM THE 

RIVER WAS AT A LEVEL OF 8.4 FT. FLOOD STAGE FOR THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER 

AT WALLINGFORD IS 8.0 FT. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS 

SITUATION.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY.



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