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WGUS41 KBOX 031624
FLWBOX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1224 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CONNECTICUT...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
INCLUDING MONTAGUE, NORTHAMPTON, HOLYOKE
DAM, HOLYOKE, SPRINGFIELD, THOMPSONVILLE, HARTFORD, MIDDLE HADDAM...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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 TONIGHT AT 1230 AM EDT.
CTC007-040430-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0012.230503T1624Z-230505T1300Z/
/MHDC3.1.ER.230503T1510Z.230504T0400Z.230505T0700Z.UU/
1224 PM EDT WED MAY 3 2023
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF
MEADOW ROAD, ROUTE 17A, IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND. A
PORTION OF THIS ROADWAY WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED. THIS INCLUDES THE
EXCHANGE CLUB OF PORTLAND FAIRGROUNDS. BOATING INTERESTS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR A PERIOD OF SWIFT RIVER FLOWS DURING THIS PERIOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:55 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
- THE RIVER IS IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:55 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 7.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 7.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
7.5 FEET ON 11/01/2017.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4164 7269 4164 7258 4129 7225 4126 7239
4141 7251 4156 7270
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