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WGUS81 KBOX 140338
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1038 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE
ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...
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 SATURDAY MORNING AT 1045 AM EST.
CTC011-RIC009-141545-
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/WSTR1.1.ER.241212T1022Z.241212T2145Z.241214T1200Z.UU/
1038 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* 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 10:00 PM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 PM EST FRIDAY WAS 7.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.3 FEET MONDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4134 7189 4144 7188 4146 7177 4135 7174
4131 7185
MENSCH
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