606  
WGUS41 KBOX 270125  
FLWBOX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
925 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE ISLAND...  
CONNECTICUT...  
 
PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY AFFECTING NEW LONDON AND WASHINGTON  
COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE PAWCATUCK RIVER...INCLUDING WOOD RIVER JUNCTION, WESTERLY...  
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 930 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
CTC011-RIC009-271330-  
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/WSTR1.1.ER.240327T1500Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
925 PM EDT TUE MAR 26 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE  
PAWCATUCK RIVER. ALONG ROUTE 3 IN HOPKINTON, FLOODWATERS ENCROACH  
ON LOWEST LYING HOMES IN FRENCH VILLAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:00 PM EDT TUESDAY WAS 7.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 7.4 FEET JUST AFTER  
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TONIGHT TO 6.8 FEET LATE TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL RISE TO  
FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL TO 6.6  
FEET LATE THURSDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE ABOVE FLOOD  
STAGE AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4134 7189 4144 7188 4146 7177 4135 7174  
4131 7185  
 

 
 
FN  
 
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