FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
500 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS..
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE AFFECTING HARTFORD AND HAMPDEN
  COUNTIES
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
  COUNTIES
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX
  COUNTIES

CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...COMBINED WITH RAINFALL FROM FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...
WILL KEEP THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER IN MINOR FLOOD FROM
THOMPSONVILLE THROUGH HARTFORD AND MIDDLETOWN CONNECTICUT.

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

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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500 AM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 5.3 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 5.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING WILL BEGIN ALONG THE
  CONNECTICUT RIVER NEAR THOMPSONVILLE.

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