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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA

304 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024



...The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton MA has issued a 

Flood Warning for the following rivers in Connecticut...



  Connecticut River At Middle Haddam affecting Middlesex County.



For the Connecticut River...including Montague, Northampton, Holyoke 

Dam, Holyoke, Springfield, Thompsonville, Hartford, Middle Haddam...

Minor flooding is forecast.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.



The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 315 PM EDT.



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304 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER 

NOTICE...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Connecticut River at Middle Haddam.



* WHEN...From early this morning until further notice.



* IMPACTS...At 8.0 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.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 2:55 AM EDT Friday the stage was 7.0 feet.

  - Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet.

  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours

    ending at 2:55 AM EDT Friday was 7.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river will oscillate around flood stage with a

    maximum value of 8.0 feet Sunday evening.

  - Flood stage is 7.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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