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WGUS41 KOKX 240133
FLWOKX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
933 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING 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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM EDT.
CTC011-240900-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FL.W.0009.240324T0300Z-240324T0900Z/
/YTCC3.1.ER.240324T0509Z.240324T0600Z.240324T0651Z.NO/
933 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...YANTIC RIVER NEAR YANTIC.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS ALONG STURTEVANT STREET.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:02 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 9.1 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.0 FEET ON 03/03/1972.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
YANTIC RIVER
YANTIC 9.0 8.5 SAT 9 PM EDT 7.3 4.9 MSG
LAT...LON 4152 7204 4151 7209 4156 7225 4160 7223
4157 7208
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