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WGUS41 KBOX 120926
FLWBOX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
426 AM EST THU DEC 12 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 WESTERLY, WOOD RIVER JUNCTION...
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 430 PM EST.
CTC011-RIC009-122130-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0070.241212T1500Z-241213T1200Z/
/WSTR1.1.ER.241212T1500Z.241213T0000Z.241213T0600Z.UU/
426 AM EST THU DEC 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW MORNING.
* 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 4:00 AM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 7.2 FEET THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4134 7189 4144 7188 4146 7177 4135 7174
4131 7185
FRANK
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