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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
913 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON MA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MASSACHUSETTS...
TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER AFFECTING BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH
COUNTIES.
FOR THE TAUNTON RIVER...INCLUDING BRIDGEWATER...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY MORNING AT 915 AM EDT.
MAC005-023-241315-
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/BDGM3.1.ER.250524T0600Z.250524T0600Z.250524T1200Z.NO/
913 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, BACKWATER FLOODING FROM THE TAUNTON RIVER
WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOWER PURCHADE BROOK IN MIDDLEBORO. THIS
WILL CAUSE WOLOSKI PARK TO BECOME IMPASSABLE BY MOST VEHICLES.
BEWARE OF THE DANGERS OF CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.0
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4182 7119 4202 7097 4194 7087 4177 7110
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