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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1026 PM EST FRI APR 11 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

RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...COMBINED
WITH RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH THROUGH SATURDAY...WILL BRING THE
MAINSTEM CONNECTICUT RIVER INTO MINOR FLOOD FROM MONTAGUE THROUGH
NORTHAMPTON MASSACHUSETTS...AND ALSO FROM THOMPSONVILLE THROUGH
HARTFORD CONNECTICUT.

ANOTHER FLOOD STATEMENT PROVIDING THE LATEST INFORMATION ON 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.
STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.

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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1027 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:48 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 30.1 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS OUTSIDE OF
LEVEE
  PROTECTION IS LIKELY FROM GREENFIELD THROUGH HATFIELD.

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