FLSBOX


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
510 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008




...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT..
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE AFFECTING FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE
  COUNTIES
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON AFFECTING HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE
  COUNTIES
  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

RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...COMBINED
WITH RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BRING
THE MAINSTEM CONNECTICUT RIVER INTO MINOR FLOOD FROM MONTAGUE
THROUGH NORTHAMPTON MASSACHUSETTS...AND ALSO FROM THOMPSONVILLE
THROUGH HARTFORD 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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510 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  4:58 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 30.1 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS OUTSIDE OF
LEVEE
  PROTECTION IS LIKELY FROM GREENFIELD THROUGH HATFIELD.

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