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WGUS81 KBOX 191146
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
746 AM EDT WED SEP 19 2018
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MASSACHUSETTS...
SQUANNACOOK RIVER AT WEST GROTON AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE SQUANNACOOK RIVER AT WEST GROTON.
* AT 7:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6.9 FEET. THE
RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.8 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...MINOR FLOODING AFFECTS THE LOWEST LYING
SECTIONS OF TOWNSEND, INCLUDING THE FARMLAND ALONG TURNPIKE AND
BARKER HILL ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...A FLOOD STATEMENT PROVIDING THE LATEST INFORMATION
IN THIS FLOOD EVENT WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 8 HOURS, OR
EARLIER IF NEEDED.
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN RIVERS,
STREAMS OR CULVERTS. SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN IMMINENT THREAT
TO LIFE.
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746 AM EDT WED SEP 19 2018
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE SQUANNACOOK RIVER AT WEST GROTON.
* AT 7:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6.9 FEET. THE
RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.8 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...MINOR FLOODING AFFECTS THE LOWEST LYING
SECTIONS OF TOWNSEND, INCLUDING THE FARMLAND ALONG TURNPIKE AND
BARKER HILL ROADS.
LAT...LON 4267 7177 4271 7169 4260 7157 4255 7161
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