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WGUS81 KBOX 141702
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1202 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN RHODE
ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...
PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY AFFECTING WASHINGTON AND NEW LONDON
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 700 PM EST.
CTC011-RIC009-150000-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0070.000000T0000Z-241215T0000Z/
/WSTR1.1.ER.241212T1022Z.241212T2145Z.241214T1800Z.UU/
1202 PM EST SAT DEC 14 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PAWCATUCK RIVER AT WESTERLY.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* 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 SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:00 AM EST SATURDAY WAS 7.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.3 FEET TUESDAY
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
KP
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