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WGUS41 KOKX 240326
FLWOKX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1126 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CONNECTICUT...
YANTIC RIVER NEAR YANTIC AFFECTING NEW LONDON COUNTY.
FOR THE YANTIC RIVER...INCLUDING YANTIC...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 SUNDAY MORNING AT 800 AM EDT.
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/YTCC3.2.ER.240324T0141Z.240324T0302Z.240324T0748Z.NO/
1126 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...YANTIC RIVER NEAR YANTIC.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS AT SEVERAL COMMERCIAL
STRUCTURES ALONG WEST TOWN STREET IN YANTIC FLATS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:02 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:02 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 9.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 3.6 FEET TUESDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.5 FEET ON 10/14/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
YANTIC RIVER
YANTIC 9.0 9.6 SAT 11 PM ED 5.5 4.1 MSG
LAT...LON 4152 7204 4151 7209 4156 7225 4160 7223
4157 7208
JT
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