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WGUS81 KBOX 090738
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
338 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 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 HARTFORD, MIDDLE HADDAM...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 500 PM EDT.
CTC007-092100-
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338 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLE HADDAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* 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 2:55 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:55 AM EDT FRIDAY WAS 7.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS
MORNING TO 6.4 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 6.9
FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL FALL TO 6.7 FEET LATE TOMORROW
MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE ABOVE 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
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338 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN
PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD, GLASTONBURY AND ROCKY HILL. 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.
FURTHER DOWNSTREAM FLOODING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE EVACUATION
OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG RIVER ROAD IN CROMWELL AND RIVER ROAD IN
PORTLAND. FLOODING INCREASES ALONG THE RIVER FROM MIDDLETOWN TO
OLD SAYBROOK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO 21.1 FEET SUNDAY
EVENING.
- 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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