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WGUS51 KOKX 101236
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CTC011-101545-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
736 AM EST WED JAN 10 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
A DAM BREAK ON THE YANTIC RIVER BELOW FITCHVILLE POND DAM IN...
CENTRAL NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EST.
* AT 736 AM EST, COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THE IMMINENT FAILURE OF
FITCHVILLE POND DAM.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING FROM THE IMMINENT
FAILURE OF FITCHVILLE POND DAM.
SOURCE...CT DHEMS
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS DOWNSTREAM
FROM THE FITCHVILLE POND DAM ALONG THE YANTIC RIVER.
* THE NEAREST DOWNSTREAM TOWN IS FITCHVILLE, LOCATED 0.1 MILE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PEARSON BROOK AND YANTIC RIVER.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE YANTIC RIVER. CT DHEMS REPORTS
PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN BUILDINGS AND HOMES IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IF YOU ARE IN LOW LYING AREAS BELOW THE FITCHVILLE POND DAM YOU
SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4156 7217 4157 7216 4157 7215 4156 7215
4155 7216
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
DAM FAILURE...IMMINENT
DBR
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