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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1035 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES.
PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON AFFECTING KENT AND PROVIDENCE COUNTIES.
WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY.
FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER...INCLUDING MONTAGUE, NORTHAMPTON, HOLYOKE
DAM, HOLYOKE, SPRINGFIELD, THOMPSONVILLE, HARTFORD, MIDDLE HADDAM...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE PAWTUXET RIVER...INCLUDING SCITUATE RESERVOIR, CRANSTON...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE WOOD RIVER...INCLUDING HOPE VALLEY...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1045 PM EDT.
RIC009-130245-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0058.240412T2300Z-240413T2100Z/
/HOPR1.1.ER.240412T2300Z.240413T0600Z.240413T1500Z.NO/
1035 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, IN RICHMOND, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO POND ONTO
WOOD RIVER DRIVE. IN HOPKINTON OFF OF MAIN STREET, THE WOOD RIVER
BEGINS TO FLOOD DOW PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 5.3 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4143 7176 4160 7174 4160 7163 4144 7164
CTC003-007-130245-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0059.240413T0130Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.ER.240413T0130Z.240414T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1035 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS BELOW HARTFORD
IS EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF LEVEE
PROTECTION. FLOODING ALSO AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS UPSTREAM OF
HARTFORD, INCLUDING A PORTION OF WINDSOR WHERE THE FARMINGTON
RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM
FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD, ROUTE 17A, IN PORTLAND.
FLOODING IMPACTS THE MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS. IN
CROMWELL, PORTIONS OF RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. FLOODING
CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER THROUGH ESSEX.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:46 AM EDT FRIDAY 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 19.1 FEET
EARLY SUNDAY 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
RIC003-007-130245-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0060.240413T0430Z-240415T0000Z/
/CRAR1.1.ER.240413T0430Z.240413T1800Z.240414T1800Z.NO/
1035 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWTUXET RIVER AT CRANSTON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, PARKING LOTS AND ROADS ARE FLOODED IN LOW
LYING AREAS OF WARWICK AND CRANSTON NEAR THE PAWTUXET RIVER.
IMPACTED ROADS INCLUDE RIVER STREET, PIONEER AVENUE, BELLOWS
STREET AND VENTURI AVENUE IN WARWICK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 9.3 FEET EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4178 7156 4180 7141 4172 7139 4170 7155
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