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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
208 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CONNECTICUT...
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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 800 AM EDT.
CTC003-007-071200-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FL.W.0008.250507T0430Z-250509T1400Z/
/HFDC3.1.ER.250507T0430Z.250507T2300Z.250509T0800Z.NO/
208 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY 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 1:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 17.6 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY
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
LOCONTO
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