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WGUS81 KBOX 170136
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
936 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CONNECTICUT...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
CTC007-171800-
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/MHDC3.1.ER.240412T0649Z.240415T1055Z.240417T1600Z.UU/
936 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 8:55 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:55 PM EDT TUESDAY WAS 9.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 7.9 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL 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
HF
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