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WGUS81 KBOX 180133
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
933 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MASSACHUSETTS...
TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER AFFECTING PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL
COUNTIES.
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE
ISLAND...
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON AFFECTING PROVIDENCE AND KENT COUNTIES.
FOR THE TAUNTON RIVER...INCLUDING BRIDGEWATER...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 EVENING AT 1045 PM EDT.
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933 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL
AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4178 7156 4180 7141 4172 7139 4170 7155
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933 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, BACKWATER FLOODING FROM THE TAUNTON RIVER
WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOWER PURCHADE BROOK IN MIDDLEBORO. THIS
WILL CAUSE WOLOSKI PARK TO BECOME IMPASSABLE BY MOST VEHICLES.
BEWARE OF THE DANGERS OF CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.0
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4182 7119 4202 7097 4194 7087 4177 7110
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