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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
541 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
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FRANKLIN MA-HAMPDEN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-
541 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, FRANKLIN, HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 534 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE
MILL RIVER WAS BECOMING SWOLLEN DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. AT 500
AM, ITS LEVEL WAS AT 10.49 FT WITH FLOOD STAGE SET AT 11 FT.
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE OVER FLOOD STAGE, RESULTING IN
LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG THE OXBOW FLOODPLAIN IN NORTHHAMPTON,
AS WELL AS FLOODING PORTIONS OF THE RIVER WALK AT SMITH
COLLEGE. ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING COULD DEVELOP IN MORE
URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS ROUNDS OF SHOWERS MOVE
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD, CHICOPEE, HOLYOKE, AMHERST, NORTHAMPTON, WEST
SPRINGFIELD, LUDLOW, SOUTH HADLEY, EASTHAMPTON, GRANBY,
SOUTHAMPTON, HADLEY, HATFIELD, WILLIAMSBURG, WESTHAMPTON,
WHATELY, CHESTERFIELD AND GOSHEN.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4243 7270 4240 7263 4232 7252 4227 7249
4226 7250 4222 7249 4217 7254 4217 7257
4215 7257 4214 7258 4214 7262 4215 7265
4218 7267 4226 7275 4234 7279 4238 7279
4243 7281 4245 7281 4243 7274
AL
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