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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
946 PM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MASSACHUSETTS...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON AFFECTING HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN
COUNTIES.
FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER...INCLUDING MONTAGUE, NORTHAMPTON, HOLYOKE
DAM, HOLYOKE, SPRINGFIELD, THOMPSONVILLE, HARTFORD, MIDDLE HADDAM...
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 LATE SATURDAY MORNING, OR SOONER
IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.
MAC013-015-131600-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0062.240413T0442Z-240414T0800Z/
/NHMM3.1.ER.240413T0442Z.240413T1200Z.240414T0200Z.NO/
946 PM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 112.0 FEET, LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND
AROUND NORTHAMPTON INCLUDING LOW LYING SECTIONS OF THE OXBOW.
MINOR FLOODING AFFECTS HADLEY ALONG AQUA VITAE ROAD. IN HATFIELD,
FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWEST LYING SECTIONS, PRIMARILY
FARMING INTERESTS OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE PROTECTION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 111.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 112.4 FEET TOMORROW
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4228 7270 4242 7270 4243 7246 4227 7252
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