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WGUS81 KBOX 242213
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
613 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 315 AM EDT.
MAC005-023-250715-
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/BDGM3.1.ER.250524T0322Z.250525T0000Z.250526T0400Z.NO/
613 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TAUNTON RIVER NEAR BRIDGEWATER.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 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 FOR
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. BEWARE OF THE DANGERS OF CROSSING
FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
FLOODWATERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DAMAGE ROADWAYS. HEED THE ADVICE
OF LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND EVACUATE IF ASKED TO DO SO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:45 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 8.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.9
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
MONDAY 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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