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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
950 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011




...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS..
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
  COUNTIES
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
  COUNTIES
  FARMINGTON RIVER AT SIMSBURY AFFECTING HARTFORD COUNTY
  ASSABET RIVER AT MAYNARD AFFECTING MIDDLESEX AND WORCESTER
  COUNTIES
  CONCORD RIVER AT LOWELL AFFECTING MIDDLESEX COUNTY
  CHARLES RIVER AT DOVER AFFECTING MIDDLESEX AND NORFOLK COUNTIES

RUNOFF FROM .50 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING IN ADDITION TO SOME SNOW MELT CAUSED RISES ON AREA
RIVERS. THE RIVERS ALREADY HAD ELEVATED FLOW FROM RAINFALL EARLIER
IN THE WEEK. SEVERAL RIVERS ARE IN OR WILL GO INTO MINOR FLOOD. THE
FARMINGTON RIVER AT SIMSBURY MAY BRIEFLY REACH THE MODERATE FLOOD
THRESHOLD EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER
WILL LIKELY NOT CREST UNTIL SUNDAY AT HARTFORD AND MIDDLETOWN.

NO ADDITIONAL RAIN OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD ENOUGH DURING THE DAY
ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR MODEST SNOW MELT...WHERE THERE IS STILL
A SNOWPACK IN PLACE. THE EFFECT OF ANY SNOW MELT WILL BE TO JUST
SLOW THE RECESSION OF STREAMS AND RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...A FLOOD STATEMENT PROVIDING THE LATEST INFORMATION
IN THIS FLOOD EVENT WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 8 HOURS...OR
EARLIER IF NEEDED.

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

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950 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* AT  8:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.5 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS BELOW HARTFORD
  IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF LEVEE
  PROTECTION.  FLOODING ALSO AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS UPSTREAM OF
  HARTFORD...INCLUDING A PORTION OF WINDSOR WHERE THE FARMINGTON
  RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.  IN ADDITION...SWIFT
  RIVER FLOWS MAY DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY SERVICES.

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