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WGUS81 KBOX 200402
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1202 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CONNECTICUT...
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 1215 PM EDT.
CTC007-201615-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250322T0800Z/
/MHDC3.1.ER.250319T0327Z.250320T1000Z.250322T0200Z.UU/
1202 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* 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 11:55 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:55 PM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 8.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 8.4 FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- 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
CTC003-007-201615-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250321T1300Z/
/HFDC3.1.ER.250318T1503Z.250319T1830Z.250321T0700Z.NO/
1202 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS BELOW HARTFORD
IS EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF LEVEE
PROTECTION. FLOODING ALSO AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS UPSTREAM OF
HARTFORD, INCLUDING A PORTION OF WINDSOR WHERE THE FARMINGTON
RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM
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 SWIFT RIVER FLOWS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 18.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 14.8 FEET SATURDAY
MORNING.
- 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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