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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1147 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MASSACHUSETTS...
CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE AFFECTING HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES.
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON AFFECTING HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN
COUNTIES.
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE AFFECTING HAMPDEN AND HARTFORD
COUNTIES.
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING MIDDLESEX AND HARTFORD
COUNTIES.
WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY.
FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER...INCLUDING MONTAGUE, NORTHAMPTON, HOLYOKE
DAM, HOLYOKE, SPRINGFIELD, THOMPSONVILLE, HARTFORD, MIDDLE HADDAM...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE WOOD RIVER...INCLUDING HOPE VALLEY...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 EDT.
MAC011-015-180400-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0001.250317T2151Z-250318T2100Z/
/MNTM3.1.ER.250317T2151Z.250318T0000Z.250318T1500Z.NO/
1147 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 29.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED
PRIMARILY FROM MONTAGUE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH SUNDERLAND AND WHATELY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 28.5 FEET THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4273 7261 4273 7240 4243 7246 4242 7270
MAC013-015-180400-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0002.250318T0032Z-250319T2100Z/
/NHMM3.1.ER.250318T0032Z.250318T1200Z.250319T1500Z.NO/
1147 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 113.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA
VITAE ROAD. FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE
PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 107.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 113.1 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4228 7270 4242 7270 4243 7246 4227 7252
RIC009-180400-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0003.250318T0430Z-250318T1800Z/
/HOPR1.1.ER.250318T0430Z.250318T0600Z.250318T1200Z.UU/
1147 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WOOD RIVER AT HOPE VALLEY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, IN RICHMOND, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO POND ONTO
WOOD RIVER DRIVE. IN HOPKINTON OFF OF MAIN STREET, THE WOOD RIVER
BEGINS TO FLOOD DOW PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 5.1 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4143 7176 4160 7174 4160 7163 4144 7164
CTC003-MAC013-180400-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0004.250318T0925Z-250320T0200Z/
/TMVC3.1.ER.250318T0925Z.250318T1800Z.250319T2000Z.NO/
1147 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, LOWLAND FLOODING WILL BEGIN ALONG THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER NEAR THOMPSONVILLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 15.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4180 7273 4204 7270 4203 7261 4204 7251
4180 7259
CTC003-007-180400-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0005.250318T1220Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.ER.250318T1220Z.250319T1600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1147 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN
PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD, GLASTONBURY, ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL.
THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER
FERRY SERVICES. UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD, FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT PORTIONS OF WINDSOR. IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD SECTIONS OF PORTLAND,
MIDDLETOWN AS WELL AS CHESTER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 19.7 FEET
EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4163 7270 4180 7273 4180 7259 4164 7258
4163 7263 4164 7263
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