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WGUS81 KBOX 160845
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
445 AM EDT TUE APR 16 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CONNECTICUT...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES.
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER...INCLUDING MIDDLE HADDAM, HARTFORD...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 AFTERNOON AT 300 PM EDT.
CTC003-007-161900-
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/HFDC3.1.ER.240412T2324Z.240414T1915Z.240416T2000Z.NO/
445 AM EDT TUE APR 16 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 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 IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING SECTIONS ALONG THE CONNECTICUT
RIVER FROM WETHERSFIELD AND GLASTONBURY DOWNSTREAM THROUGH
CROMWELL, MIDDLETOWN AND PORTLAND. BOATING INTERESTS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR SWIFT RIVER FLOWS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:31 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:31 AM EDT TUESDAY WAS 19.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 11.8 FEET
THURSDAY 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
CTC007-161900-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-240417T2200Z/
/MHDC3.1.ER.240412T0649Z.240415T1055Z.240417T1600Z.UU/
445 AM EDT TUE APR 16 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 3:55 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:55 AM EDT TUESDAY WAS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.0
FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- 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
WL
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