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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
954 PM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CONNECTICUT...
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN AFFECTING HARTFORD AND MIDDLESEX 
  COUNTIES 
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND RUNOFF WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING FOR THE 
CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  THEREFORE...A RIVER
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...OBSERVED RIVER STAGES ARE COURTESY OF THE U.S.  
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OTHER COOPERATING AGENCIES.  PLEASE  STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR  RADIO STATIONS FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS RIVER FLOOD  EVENT. 
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954 PM EDT SAT OCT 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN
* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 945 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING SECTIONS 
  ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM WETHERSFIELD AND GLASTONBURY 
  DOWNSTREAM THROUGH CROMWELL...MIDDLETOWN AND PORTLAND.  BOATING 
  INTERESTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR A PERIOD OF SWIFT RIVER FLOWS.
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