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WGUS81 KBOX 131648
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1148 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...
PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY AFFECTING NEW LONDON AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.
FOR THE PAWCATUCK RIVER...INCLUDING WESTERLY, WOOD RIVER JUNCTION...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 LATE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EST.
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1148 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE
PAWCATUCK RIVER. ALONG ROUTE 3 IN HOPKINTON, FLOODWATERS ENCROACH
ON LOWEST LYING HOMES IN FRENCH VILLAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:00 AM EST FRIDAY WAS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.3 FEET MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4134 7189 4144 7188 4146 7177 4135 7174
4131 7185
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