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WGUS81 KBOX 162326  
FLSBOX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
726 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
CONNECTICUT...  
 
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY.  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
CONNECTICUT...  
 
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING MIDDLESEX AND HARTFORD  
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 THIS EVENING AT 830 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
CTC003-007-170030-  
/O.CAN.KBOX.FL.W.0059.000000T0000Z-240416T2326Z/  
/HFDC3.1.ER.240412T2324Z.240414T1915Z.240416T2205Z.NO/  
726 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED
 
 
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR  
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.0 FEET, AND FALLING.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10.2 FEET FRIDAY  
MORNING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4163 7270 4180 7273 4180 7259 4164 7258  
4163 7263 4164 7263  
 

 
 
CTC007-171130-  
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-240417T2200Z/  
/MHDC3.1.ER.240412T0649Z.240415T1055Z.240417T1600Z.UU/  
726 PM 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 8.0 FEET, 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 A PERIOD OF SWIFT RIVER FLOWS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:55 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 6:55 PM EDT TUESDAY WAS 9.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO 5.5 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN  
RISE TO 5.6 FEET LATE THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL FALL TO 4.9  
FEET THURSDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 5.1 FEET LATE  
THURSDAY EVENING. IT WILL FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE.  
- 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  
 

 
 
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