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WGUS81 KBOX 101604
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1204 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CONNECTICUT...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES.
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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 1215 AM EDT.
CTC007-110415-
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/MHDC3.1.ER.250507T1128Z.250513T0600Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1204 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:55 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 8.8 FEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL RISE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4164 7269 4164 7258 4129 7225 4126 7239
4141 7251 4156 7270
CTC003-007-110415-
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/HFDC3.1.ER.250507T0250Z.250512T0800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1204 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 20.1 FEET
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4163 7270 4180 7273 4180 7259 4164 7258
4163 7263 4164 7263
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