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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1150 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE AFFECTING FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE
COUNTIES
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON AFFECTING HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE
COUNTIES
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE AFFECTING HARTFORD AND HAMPDEN
COUNTIES
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT
MONTAGUE, NORTHAMPTON, THOMPSONVILLE, HARTFORD AND MIDDLE HADDAM.
AS A RESULT OF THESE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS, THE RIVER FLOOD WATCH
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE COMBINATION OF RECENT RAINFALL LOCALLY AND SNOW MELT ACROSS THE
UPPER REACHES OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN WILL BRING SHARP RIVER
RISES FOR THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER. RIVER GAUGE READINGS ALONG
THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER WILL REACH AND EXCEED FLOOD STAGE LEVELS
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT MONTAGUE AND NORTHAMPTON, THEN DURING
TUESDAY AT THOMPSONVILLE, HARTFORD AND MIDDLE HADDAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...OBSERVED RIVER STAGES ARE COURTESY OF THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OTHER COOPERATING AGENCIES. PLEASE STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS RIVER FLOOD EVENT.
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1150 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE
* AT 11:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 29.0
FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT.
* IMPACT...AT 29.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED
PRIMARILY FROM MONTAGUE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH SUNDERLAND AND WHATELY.
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1150 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON
* AT 11:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 108.8 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 113.1
FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA
VITAE DRIVE. FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE
PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
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1150 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE
* AT 11:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 15.5
FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT.
* IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND
LONGMEADOW, THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
ENFIELD.
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1150 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD
* AT 11:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.8 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 19.7
FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN
PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD, GLASTONBURY, ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. THE
HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
SERVICES. UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD, FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF WINDSOR. IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE IN
ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
TO OVERSPREAD SECTIONS OF PORTLAND, MIDDLETOWN AS WELL AS CHESTER.
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1150 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM
* AT 10:55 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 9.1
FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT.
* IMPACT...AT 9.5 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD, ROUTE
17A, IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND. FLOODING IMPACTS THE
MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS. IN CROMWELL, PORTIONS OF RIVER
ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL, PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD WILL BE
IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER SOUTHWARD
THROUGH ESSEX.
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