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WGUS81 KBOX 240834
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
434 AM EDT SAT MAY 24 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MASSACHUSETTS...
TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER AFFECTING PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL
COUNTIES.
FOR THE TAUNTON RIVER...INCLUDING BRIDGEWATER...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 445 PM EDT.
MAC005-023-242045-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250524T2108Z/
/BDGM3.1.ER.250524T0322Z.250524T1000Z.250524T1508Z.NO/
434 AM EDT SAT MAY 24 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS 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 3:45 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:45 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 8.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.4
FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS 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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