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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 12, 2011Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2011, 9:58 PM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 13, 2011, 9:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2011, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2011, 9:08 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2011, 5:36 AM EDT
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Connecticut River at Northampton (NHMM3).

Action stage
110 ft
Minor stage
112 ft
Moderate stage
115 ft
Major stage
120 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

562 
WGUS41 KBOX 130158
FLWBOX


BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
958 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2011



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT... 

  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

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 3 DAYS
ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUSIVE OF
EASTERN VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  THIS SNOWMELT...
ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING DEVELOPING 
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS ACROSS THE FOLLOWING POINTS LISTED BELOW
ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...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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958 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* AT  9:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 111.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 113.0 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 
  ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE.  FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-131357-
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958 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* AT  9:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 5.7 FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE 
  POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND 
  LONGMEADOW...THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
  ENFIELD.

$$

CTC003-007-131357-
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/HFDC3.1.ER.110413T1600Z.110415T0500Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
958 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* AT  9:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 19.3 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 
  ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES.  UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR.   IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-131357-
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958 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON, MA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* AT  9:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 10.4 FEET BY THURSDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 
  ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND.  FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS.  IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$

FRANK
10 follow-up statements
126 
WGUS81 KBOX 131314
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
914 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS AND 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 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 3 DAYS
ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUSIVE OF
EASTERN VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  THIS SNOWMELT...
ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING AT
POINTS ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC013-015-140114-
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/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110415T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
914 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 112.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 113.4 FEET BY 
  EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES MAY BE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE.  FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-140113-
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914 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 5.9 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL 
  RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND 
  LONGMEADOW...THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
  ENFIELD.

$$

CTC003-007-140113-
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/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110415T1500Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
914 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY LATE
  FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES MAY BE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES. UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR. IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-140113-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0028.110413T1308Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T1600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
914 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND. FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS. IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$

MAC011-015-140113-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MNTM3.1.RS.110413T1006Z.110415T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
914 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 29.7 FEET BY 
  EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS OUTSIDE OF
  LEVEE PROTECTION IS LIKELY FROM GREENFIELD THROUGH HATFIELD.

$$
706 
WGUS81 KBOX 131628
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1228 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS AND 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 

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

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 3 DAYS
ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUSIVE OF
EASTERN VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS SNOWMELT...
ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING AT
POINTS ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS. SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC011-015-140428-
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/MNTM3.1.RS.110413T1006Z.110413T1515Z.110414T1017Z.NO/
1228 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 28.9 FEET BY THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS OUTSIDE OF
  LEVEE PROTECTION IS LIKELY FROM GREENFIELD THROUGH HATFIELD.

$$

MAC013-015-140428-
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/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0000Z.110414T2100Z.NO/
1228 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 112.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 112.9 FEET BY 
  THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW 
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE. FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-140428-
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1228 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD 
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 5.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND 
  LONGMEADOW...THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
  ENFIELD.

$$

CTC003-007-140428-
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1228 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.1 FEET BY 
  TOMORROW AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES. UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR. IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-140428-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T1600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1228 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.8 FEET BY 
  LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND. FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS. IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$
066 
WGUS81 KBOX 132006
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
406 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS...
 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE AFFECTING FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE 
  COUNTIES 

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...
  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 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 3 DAYS
ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUSIVE OF
EASTERN VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS SNOWMELT ACCOMPANIED
WITH TODAY/S RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING AT POINTS ALONG
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC011-015-140806-
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/MNTM3.1.RS.110413T1006Z.110414T0000Z.110414T1057Z.NO/
406 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:45 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 29.5 FEET BY THIS
  EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS OUTSIDE OF LEVEE
  PROTECTION IS LIKELY FROM GREENFIELD THROUGH HATFIELD.

$$

MAC013-015-140806-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T0300Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0000Z.110414T2100Z.NO/
406 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 112.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 113.1 FEET BY 
  THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW 
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE.  FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-140806-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T1500Z/
/TMVC3.1.RS.110413T2032Z.110414T1200Z.110415T0900Z.NO/
406 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 5.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND 
  LONGMEADOW...THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
  ENFIELD.

$$

CTC003-007-140806-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110414T2100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
406 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.1 FEET BY 
  TOMORROW AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES.  UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR.   IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-140806-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T1600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
406 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  2:45 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.8 FEET BY 
  TOMORROW LATE EVENING
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND.  FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS.  IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$
418 
WGUS81 KBOX 140202
FLSBOX


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1002 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011




...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED 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 

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

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUSIVE OF
EASTERN VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS SNOWMELT ACCOMPANIED
WITH TODAY/S RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING AT POINTS ALONG
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.



&&

MAC011-015-141402-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110414T1800Z/
/MNTM3.1.RS.110413T1006Z.110413T2015Z.110414T1200Z.NO/
1002 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 29.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED 
  PRIMARILY FROM MONTAGUE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH SUNDERLAND AND WHATELY.

$$

MAC013-015-141402-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T0448Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0600Z.110414T2248Z.NO/
1002 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 113.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 113.5 FEET BY 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 114.0 FEET...FLOODING AFFECTS THE OXBOW IN 
  NORTHAMPTON...INCLUDING RIVERSIDE HOMES ON ISLAND ROAD.  FLOODING 
  ALSO SPREADS ACROSS PARTS OF HADLEY...AS WELL AS LOWER LYING 
  SECTIONS OF SOUTHAMPTON.  IN HATFIELD...BACK WATER  FROM THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER WILL PUSH THE MILL RIVER OVER ITS BANKS FLOODING 
  PARTS OF VALLEY STREET AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-141402-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T1200Z/
/TMVC3.1.RS.110413T2104Z.110414T1200Z.110415T0600Z.NO/
1002 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 5.5 FEET BY 
  TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY 
  FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND 
  LONGMEADOW...THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
  ENFIELD.

$$

CTC003-007-141402-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110415T0100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1002 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.5 FEET BY 
  TOMORROW LATE EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES.  UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR.   IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-141402-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T1500Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1002 PM EDT WED APR 13 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.9 FEET BY 
  TOMORROW LATE EVENING
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND.  FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS.  IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$

FRANK
432 
WGUS81 KBOX 140740
FLSBOX


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
340 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011




...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 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUSIVE OF
EASTERN VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS SNOWMELT ACCOMPANIED
WITH YESTERDAY/S RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING AT POINTS ALONG
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC011-015-141800-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110414T1800Z/
/MNTM3.1.RS.110413T1006Z.110413T2015Z.110414T1200Z.NO/
340 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER 
  THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 29.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED 
  PRIMARILY FROM MONTAGUE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH SUNDERLAND AND WHATELY.

$$

MAC013-015-141940-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T0448Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0700Z.110414T2248Z.NO/
340 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 113.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE.  FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-141940-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T1200Z/
/TMVC3.1.RS.110413T2104Z.110414T1200Z.110415T0600Z.NO/
340 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  2:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 5.5 FEET BY THIS 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT 
  TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND 
  LONGMEADOW...THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
  ENFIELD.

$$

CTC003-007-141940-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110415T0100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
340 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.5 FEET BY 
  TONIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES.  UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR.   IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-141940-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T1500Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
340 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.9 FEET BY 
  TONIGHT
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND.  FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS.  IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$

FRANK
269 
WGUS81 KBOX 141030
FLSBOX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
630 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS...
 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE AFFECTING FRANKLIN AND HAMPSHIRE 
  COUNTIES

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...
  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 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING
EASTERN VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS SNOWMELT...ALONG WITH
WEDNESDAY/S RAINFALL...HAS RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING AT POINTS
ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

RIVER STAGE LEVELS HAVE FALLEN BELOW FLOOD ON THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
AT MONTAGUE AND ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD...SO THE FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC011-015-141100-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110414T1800Z/
/MNTM3.1.RS.110413T1006Z.110413T2015Z.110414T0727Z.NO/
630 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MONTAGUE.
* AT  6:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  3:27 AM THURSDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 25.8 FEET BY TOMORROW
  MORNING.

$$

MAC013-015-142230-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T0448Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0700Z.110414T2248Z.NO/
630 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  6:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 113.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE.  FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-142230-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T1200Z/
/TMVC3.1.RS.110413T2104Z.110414T1200Z.110415T0600Z.NO/
630 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 5.5 FEET BY THIS 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT 
  TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOODING IMPACTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF AGAWAM AND 
  LONGMEADOW...THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT TOWNS OF SUFFIELD AND
  ENFIELD.

$$

CTC003-007-142230-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110414T2200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
630 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.4 FEET BY THIS
  EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES.  UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR.   IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-142230-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T0200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
630 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  6:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.9 FEET BY 
  TONIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND.  FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS.  IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$
085 
WGUS81 KBOX 141417
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1017 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT...
  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 

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE
HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING EASTERN
VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS SNOWMELT...ALONG WITH
WEDNESDAY/S RAINFALL...HAS RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING AT POINTS
ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN 
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS. SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC013-015-150217-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T0448Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0700Z.110414T2248Z.NO/
1017 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 113.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE. FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-150217-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T1200Z/
/TMVC3.1.RS.110413T2104Z.110414T1015Z.110415T0600Z.NO/
1017 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 5.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING WILL BEGIN ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER NEAR THOMPSONVILLE.

$$

CTC003-007-150217-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110414T2200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1017 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.4 FEET BY THIS
  EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES. UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR. IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-150217-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T0200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1017 AM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.9 FEET BY 
  TONIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND. FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS. IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$
614 
WGUS81 KBOX 142043
FLSBOX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
443 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS...
 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON AFFECTING HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE 
  COUNTIES 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE AFFECTING HARTFORD AND HAMPDEN 
  COUNTIES 

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

SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE
HEADWATERS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING EASTERN
VERMONT AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS SNOWMELT...ALONG WITH
WEDNESDAY/S RAINFALL...HAS RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING AT POINTS
ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN 
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS. SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC013-015-150843-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T1230Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0700Z.110415T0630Z.NO/
443 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 112.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 113.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHAMPTON IN THE VICINITY OF THE OXBOW AND HADLEY ALONG AQUA 
  VITAE DRIVE. FARMING INTERESTS IN HATFIELD OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE 
  PROTECTION WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

$$

CTC003-MAC013-150842-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T1044Z/
/TMVC3.1.RS.110413T2104Z.110414T1015Z.110415T0444Z.NO/
443 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 5.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING WILL BEGIN ALONG THE 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER NEAR THOMPSONVILLE.

$$

CTC003-007-150842-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110415T0200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
443 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:45 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.4 FEET 
  TONIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES. UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR. IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-150842-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T1600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
443 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.9 FEET BY 
  TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND. FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS. IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$
502 
WGUS81 KBOX 150138
FLSBOX


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
938 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011



...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS...
 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE AFFECTING HARTFORD AND HAMPDEN 
  COUNTIES

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS...
 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON AFFECTING HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE 
  COUNTIES 

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

RECENT SNOWMELT OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COMBINED WITH YESTERDAY/S RAINFALL HAS
RESULTED IN MINOR RIVER FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.
MOST LOCATIONS WERE VERY NEAR OR HAVE ALREADY CRESTED.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.



&&

CTC003-MAC013-150208-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110415T1044Z/
/TMVC3.1.RS.110413T2104Z.110414T1015Z.110414T2326Z.NO/
938 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THOMPSONVILLE.
* AT  9:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  7:26 PM THURSDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.5 FEET BY SATURDAY 
  MORNING.

$$

MAC013-015-150949-
/O.EXT.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T0949Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0700Z.110415T0349Z.NO/
938 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 112.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL GRADUALLY FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 112.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN AND AROUND 
  NORTHAMPTON INCLUDING LOW LYING SECTIONS OF THE OXBOW. MINOR 
  FLOODING AFFECTS HADLEY ALONG AQUA VITAE DRIVE.  IN HATFIELD...
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWEST LYING SECTIONS...PRIMARILY 
  FARMING INTERESTS OUTSIDE FLOOD DIKE PROTECTION.

$$

CTC003-007-151338-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110415T0200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
938 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:45 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL HOLD NEAR 19.1 FEET TONIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER IN 
  PORTIONS OF WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY...ROCKY HILL AND CROMWELL. 
  THE HIGH WATERS AND SWIFT FLOWS WILL DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY
  SERVICES.  UPSTREAM OF HARTFORD...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
  PORTIONS OF WINDSOR.   IMMEDIATE RIVER ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 
  IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

$$

CTC003-007-151338-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T0400Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
938 PM EDT THU APR 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.8 FEET BY 
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND.  FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS.  IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$

FRANK
337 
WGUS81 KBOX 150936
FLSBOX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
536 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS...
 
  CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON AFFECTING HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE 
  COUNTIES

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

RECENT SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL CAUSED SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. HOWEVER...AS OF THIS
MORNING...RIVER STAGES HAVE CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
RECEDE.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN  
RIVERS...STREAMS OR CULVERTS.  SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN POSE AN 
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE.

&&

MAC013-015-151006-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110415T0949Z/
/NHMM3.1.RS.110413T0740Z.110414T0700Z.110415T0245Z.NO/
536 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON.
* AT  5:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 111.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 112.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10:45 PM THURSDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 111.6 FEET BY 
  TOMORROW MORNING.

$$

CTC003-007-152136-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/HFDC3.1.RS.110413T1048Z.110414T2300Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
536 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT HARTFORD.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO A STAGE OF 18.1 FEET 
  BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS BELOW HARTFORD 
  IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF LEVEE 
  PROTECTION.  FLOODING ALSO AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS UPSTREAM OF 
  HARTFORD...INCLUDING A PORTION OF WINDSOR WHERE THE FARMINGTON 
  RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.  IN ADDITION...SWIFT 
  RIVER FLOWS MAY DISRUPT SOME CROSS RIVER FERRY SERVICES.

$$

CTC003-007-152136-
/O.CON.KBOX.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/MDDC3.1.RS.110413T1300Z.110415T0700Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
536 AM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT MIDDLETOWN.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.8 FEET BY LATE
  THIS MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODING CLOSES MOST OF MEADOW ROAD/RT 17A 
  IN THE GILDERSLEEVE SECTION OF PORTLAND.  FLOODING IMPACTS THE 
  MIDDLETOWN MARINA AND MEADOW FARMS.  IN CROMWELL...PORTIONS OF 
  RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. IN ROCKY HILL...PARTS OF MEADOW ROAD 
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE FOR A TIME. FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE RIVER 
  SOUTHWARD THROUGH ESSEX.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 12, 9:48 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 9:48 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
948 PM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND CHILLY
WEATHER LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.  CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BRINGING DRY AND
SEASONABLE WEATHER. ANOTHER STORM IS ON THE HORIZON BEGINNING LATE
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS ALREADY OVERSPREAD MOST AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A
BOSTON TO FITCHBURG LINE.  UNFORTUNATELY...EVEN THE NEAR TERM MODELS
ARE NOT HANDLING THE SITUATION WELL AS RAIN HAS ADVANCED MUCH
FURTHER NORTHEAST THAN THEY WERE INDICATING AT THIS TIME.  IT
APPEARS THAT THE MODELS ARE OVER ESTIMATING THE AFFECT OF LOW LEVEL
DRY AIR AND MID LEVEL LIFT/SATURATION APPEARS TO BE WINNING OUT.

ALL IN ALL...HAVE SPREAD UP THE PROGRESS OF CATEGORICAL POPS TO THE
NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT.  EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN
NH/NORTHEAST MA NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  SOME OF THE RAIN
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS CONNECTICUT/SOUTHWEST MA OVERNIGHT.
THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY SHIFT TOWARDS THE COASTAL PLAIN AS WE
APPROACH 12Z WEDNESDAY.

ALSO...DID INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER MAINLY ALONG THE SOUTH
COAST.  MODELS INDICATE SHOWALTER INDICES DROPPING TO NEAR 0 OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW IN THIS REGION...INDICATING SOME MARGINAL ELEVATED
INSTABILITY.

OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S ACROSS MOST
OF THE REGION. IN ADDITION...EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT
ALONG THE COAST IN RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST.  THIS
WILL MAKE FOR A RAW/WET AND CHILLY WEATHER TO START THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING RUSH HOUR.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
MODELS BRING LOW PRES ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY. VERY GOOD
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...ALONG WITH A GOOD PLUME OF
ATLANTIC MOISTURE WORKING IN ON E-SE WINDS. SO...EXPECT A GOOD
SLUG OF QPF WITH THIS FEATURE. HAVE FORECASTED A GENERAL 0.75-1.25
INCHES PRECIP FOR MOST OF THE REGION...MAINLY EAST OF THE CT RIVER
VALLEY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 00Z THU. MAY SEE SOME
ENHANCED RAINFALL ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WORCESTER
HILLS...NE CT AND NW RI...POSSIBLY AS FAR INLAND AS THE
MONADNOCKS.

EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THIS LOW MOVES
INTO THE GULF OF MAINE.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MAIN POINTS
* HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY WX IN CONTROL FOR THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY
* STORM SYSTEM ANTICIPATED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT
* INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS
* ANOTHER WET WX MESS POTENTIAL BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEK

OVERVIEW
MDL SOLNS FAIRLY SUCCINCT IN HANDLING TRENDS THRU SUNDAY NIGHT...
ALBEIT GFS/ECMWF DIFFER EVER SLIGHTLY IN TERMS OF TIMING AND
HANDLING OF MASS FIELDS LENDING TO VARYING OUTCOMES. GFS HAS BECOME
THE FASTER OUTLIER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...SO STUCK CLOSE TO
THE ECMWF SOLN WHILE INCORPORATING THE NAM FOR THE THURS/FRI FCST.
BEYOND MONDAY SOLNS ARE IN POOR AGREEMENT. PROGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS OF
SOLNS ILLUSTRATE SUBSTANTIAL RUN-TO-RUN CHANGES AND DISCREPANCIES
BEYOND THE WEEKEND. EVEN ENS MEMBERS ARE NOT IN FULL AGREEMENT OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE OPERATIONAL MDL SOLNS. NEVERTHELESS HIGHLIGHTED
TRENDS STILL HAVE SOME CONGRUENT NATURE. LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN GOING
FCST BEYOND MONDAY.

DETAILS

* THURSDAY
MIDWEEK SYS WILL EXIT NEWD THRU THE SERN CANADIAN MARITIMES AND HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA OUT OF THE HUDSON BAY. MINOR CAA AT
H85 MID-LVLS UNDER NW FLOW DOWN TO THE SFC BECOMING LIGHT BY DUSK.
NOTABLY A MID-LVL DISTURBANCE AND ATTENDANT H3 JET STREAK WILL BEGIN
TO ROUND THE ARCTIC LOW THRU THE SRN CANADIAN MARITIMES AND BEGIN TO
DIG THRU NRN NEW ENGLAND. SOME MID-LVL CLOUDS WILL BE PSBL...THIS IN
ADDITION TO POTENTIAL STRATOCU AS LOW-LVLS MIX OUT. MOSTLY CLEAR TO
PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...WITH CLOUDS BUILDING FROM THE W.
FEEL SUNSHINE WILL BE IN ABUNDANCE SO TEMPS TO WARM INTO THE UPR 50S
TO LOW 60S...COOLER ALONG THE SHORES. NW FLOW WILL WEAKEN WITH THE
EXITING MIDWEEK SYS...DRY WX.

* THURSDAY NIGHT
HIGH PRES STILL IN CONTROL RESULTING IN LGT/VRB NLY FLOW. MID-LVL
DISTURBANCE WILL ROUND THRU NRN NEW ENGLAND SO WILL STILL SEE SOME
MID-UPR LVL CLOUDS STREAM THRU THE AREA. GUIDANCE HINTING AT SOME
CHCS POPS WITH MOIST LOW-LVLS AND ENHANCED LIFT AHEAD OF THE SHRTWV
VORT MAX. NEVERTHELESS FEEL INFLUENTIAL HUDSON BY HIGH WILL DIMINISH
CHC POPS...AND THE SUBSEQUENT DISTURBANCE WILL BE FAIRLY MOISTURE
DEPRIVED. CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL NOCTURNAL COOLING...DROPPED
TEMPS INTO THE LOW-MID 30S FOR THE NW FCST RGN...WITH UPR 30S TO LOW
40S ELSEWHERE.

* FRIDAY
MID-LVL DISTURBANCE IS PROGGED TO TRANSLATE E THRU THE RGN AS SFC
HIGH PRES REMAINS IN CONTROL. WITH POTENTIAL CLOUDINESS IN ASSOC
WITH THE DISTURBANCE...AND THE LIKELIHOOD TO SEE MID-LVL TEMPS AT
H85 FALL SLIGHTLY TO RANGE FROM 0 TO -4C...WENT WITH TEMPS WENT
COOLER THAN THURS WITH UPR 40S TO LOW 50S. WINDS WILL BE LGT/VRB OUT
OF THE N SHIFTING OUT OF THE NE/E INTO DUSK AS THE CNTRL PLAINS
STORM BEGINS TO EDGE NEWD. HAVE KEPT POPS BELOW SLGT CHC FEELING IF
ANY PRECIP SHOULD DEVELOP IN ASSOC WITH THE DISTURBANCE IT WILL
LIKELY NOT REACH THE GROUND.

* FRIDAY NIGHT
NE WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING DEEP LOW OUT
OF THE CNTRL PLAINS. WILL LIKELY SEE INCREASING CLOUDS IN RESPONSE
TO ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING LOW. MID-LVL COOLER AIR AND LOW THICKNESSES WILL STILL
HOLD OVER THE RGN...BUT WILL SEE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. HAVE GONE
A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN THURS NIGHT MINS WITH MID-UPR 30S FOR THE
NW FCST ZONES AND LOW-MID 40S ELSEWHERE.

* SATURDAY
CLOUDS ON THE INCREASE. MAIN FCST CHALLENGE FOR THE PD INVOLVES
ANTICIPATING THE IMPACT OF RESIDUAL EFFECTS FROM THE DEPARTING HIGH
PRES SLIDING N OF THE NRN NEW ENGLAND...HOW EFFECTIVELY WILL IT KEEP
LOW-LVLS DRY AND KEEP PRECIP AT BAY? ONE POINT OF CONSIDERATION IS
THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AIDED BY E/NE WINDS...POTENTIALLY TO BE
SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS AIDED BY A MIXING POTENTIAL
AS SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE PD.
ANTICIPATE HIGH TO CONTROL AND RETAIN DRY WX FOR MUCH OF THE DAY
WITH ONSET OF PRECIP INTO EVENING AS DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT BEGINS TO
STREAM OVER THE FCST RGN. WILL GO WITH SLGT CHC POPS FOR THE WRN
ZONES BY DUSK.

* SATURDAY NIGHT
MDL SOLNS AND CURRENT FCST TRENDS TEETER TEMPS INTO THE EVENING FOR
THE NW FCST AREA AT OR BELOW FRZG...AND MDL SOLNS HINT AT
THICKNESSES TO RANGE BETWEEN 153-154DM AT H85-H7 WITH ONSET OF
PRECIP. CONFIDENCE IS LOW CONSIDERING A POTENTIAL FOR SEEING WINTRY
PRECIP TYPES DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF THE STORM AS THE RGN WILL
SEE A TONGUE OF WARM AND MOIST AIR PRESS NWD AIDED BY STRONG SLY
FLOW 50-60 KTS AT H925-H85...BUT IT CANT BE RULED OUT WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF COLDER AIR BECOMING TRAPPED IN VALLEYS. STRONG
DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT WILL BE COMPLEMENTED WITH AN ATTENDANT MAIN
SHRTWV ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROF WITH THE PARENT H3 JET STREAK.
STRONG DYNAMICS LENDING TO INCREASE LIFT TOWARDS MORNING...HAVE CHC
TRANSITIONING TO LIKELY POPS THRU THE OVERNIGHT PD. MECHANICAL
MIXING AND POTENTIAL PRECIP DRAG COULD BRING FASTER MOMENTUM TO THE
SFC LENDING TO GUSTY SLY FLOW. WILL LIKELY SEE A WARMING TREND THRU
THE PD WITH THE COLDEST TEMPS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
EVENING...WARMING THEREAFTER.

* SUNDAY
DYNAMICS SLIDE E ALONG WITH BETTER PRECIP CHCS. UNCERTAINTY RESOLVES
TO HOW THE SYS IS HANDLED BY THE LATEST GUIDANCE. WINDS WILL SHIFT
OUT OF THE SW WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS BEHIND
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THRU THE DAY AS SKIES WILL POTENTIALLY
CLEAR...THANKS TO A DRY SLOT WRAPPING BEHIND THE SYS...ALLOWING
EFFECTIVE MIXING OF THE LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER. TEMPS MAY WARM IN THE
VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WITH THE POTENTIAL CLEARING.
HAVE GONE MAINLY MID-UPR 50S FOR THE RGN.

* SUNDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND
MDL SOLNS DIFFER WITH THE LATER FCST PD. THE OVERALL TREND IS FOR
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH THE WEEKEND STORM TO LIFT AND STALL ACROSS
THE FCST RGN THANKS IN PART TO HIGH PRES BUILDING NWD FROM THE SERN
CONUS AND SYNOPTIC DISTURBANCES RIDING THRU THE MARITIME JET ACROSS
THE NRN CONUS. WILL SEE THE STALL FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO ACT AS A FOCUS
FOR SLGT CHCS OF PRECIP INTO MID-WEEK AS ANOTHER STORM SYS BECOMES
BETTER ORGANIZED INTO MIDWEEK. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE HIGH
ACROSS THE SERN CONUS TO LIFT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NWD TEMPORARILY
AND ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF DRY WX ON MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS...
  LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT
  MEDIUM...30 PERCENT TO 60 PERCENT
  HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT

TONIGHT...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE.  VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO
MVFR FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT.  HOWEVER...SEVERAL HOURS
OF RAIN WILL OCCUR BEFORE THIS HAPPENS AS DRY AIR IN THE LOWEST FEW
THOUSAND FEET WILL SLOW THE PROCESS.

WEDNESDAY...MEDIUM-HIGH CONFIDENCE MVFR CIGS/VSBYS. RAINS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE RGN. E/NE ONSHORE FLOW EXPECTED TO ADVECT MOISTURE
INLAND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE ERN TERMINALS. EXPECT SHORELINE
TERMINALS TO FALL TO IFR...AND POSSIBLY SOME INTERIOR TERMINALS.
SFC LOW TO PROGRESS INTO THE RGN BY DUSK. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME CLEARING ALONG THE S SHORE WITH DRIER AIR WRAPPING INTO
THE SFC LOW...ALBEIT CONFIDENCE IS LOW. NEVERTHELESS WOULD EXPECT
CONDITIONS TO REMAIN SOCKED IN.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE MVFR CIGS/VSBYS. SFC LOW WILL
ROTATE NEWD THRU THE RGN...DURING SUCH TIME IFR CONDITIONS WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT WILL SLOWLY SEE WINDS TRANSITION OUT OF
THE NW WITH THE SFC LOW PROGRESSION AND MUCH DRIER AIR INFILTRATE
THE RGN IN ITS WAKE. EXPECT CIGS TO LIFT TO VFR TOWARDS MORNING
AND FOR CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE.

KBOS TERMINAL...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST
WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DESPITE RAIN MOVING INTO THE REGION.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS SHOULD FINALLY DROP TO MVFR LEVELS AFTER 7 OR
8Z.  LOW END MVFR TO MARGINAL IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN RAIN
AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY.  IFR CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR. WILL SEE MID-UPR LVL
CLOUDS THRU THE PERIOD AND THIS MAY IMPACT TERMINALS ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NW MA/S NH.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MEDIUM CONFIDENCE VFR TO MVFR...WITH PSBL
IFR/LIFR POTENTIAL. STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE RGN
BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH THE ONSET OF RAIN WILL LIKELY SEE
DECLINES IN CIGS AND VSBYS TO IFR/LIFR. WILL NEED TO WATCH THE
ERN/SRN TERMINALS AS STRONG ONSHORE E/NE FLOW WILL VEER OUT OF THE S
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A LLJ OF UPWARDS OF 50-60KTS 2KFT AGL
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIMEFRAME WILL
LIKELY SEE GUSTS AT THE SFC 20-25KTS WITH ISOLATED STRONGER GUSTS
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SRN SHORELINE TERMINALS.

&&

.MARINE...
COASTAL LOW PRESSURE WORKING NORTHEAST WILL RESULT IN EASTERLY WINDS
INCREASING OVERNIGHT.  HIGH CONFIDENCE IN EASTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 25
TO 30 KNOTS DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS OUR WATERS.  HAVE
EXPANDED SCA TO COVER THE REST OF OUR WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  A FEW HOURS OF MARGINAL 35 KNOT WIND GUSTS
REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHEAST WATERS...BUT DURATION AND
CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO UPGRADE AT THIS TIME.

WINDS START TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SEAS WILL TAKE
MUCH LONGER TO SUBSIDE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OUTER COASTAL
WATERS.

OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THURSDAY...NW WINDS WILL VEER OUT OF THE NE AROUND 10-15 KTS. SEAS
TO REMAIN AROUND 5 FT ALONG THE OUTER WATERS.

FRIDAY...NE WINDS WILL VEER OUT OF THE E INCREASING 15-20 KTS. SEAS
WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 FT ALONG THE OUTER WATERS.

SATURDAY...ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THEY VEER OUT OF THE SE TO
25-30 KTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS AROUND 30-35 KTS BEGINNING SATURDAY
AFTERNOON ALONG THE SOUTHERN OPEN WATERS SOUTH OF RI INCREASING INTO
THE ERN OPEN WATERS BY DUSK AND THRU THE OVERNIGHT PD. SEAS LIKELY
TO INCREASE 10-12 FT FOR THE OPEN WATERS. HAVE MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN
SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS DURING THE EVENING
PERIOD INITIALLY FOR THE SRN OPEN WATERS SPREADING E AND POTENTIALLY
INTO THE NEAR SHORE WATERS AND BAYS.

SUNDAY...SE WINDS 25-30 KTS SUSTAINED DURING THE MORNING WILL
DIMINISH 20-25 KTS OUT OF THE SW INTO THE LATE AFTN AND EVENING PD
IN CONCERT WITH THE PASSAGE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. 10-12 FT SEAS
DIMINISHING TO 8 TO 10 FT. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN SEEING GALE FORCE
WIND GUSTS OVER THE OPEN WATERS FOR THE INITIAL PORTION OF SUNDAY.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
NOHRSC TOTAL MODELED SNOWMELT INDICATES THAT OVER THE PAST 72 HOURS
2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MELT HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE HEADWATERS
OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...INCLUSIVE OF EASTERN VERMONT AND
WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN ADDITION TO THIS SNOWMELT...ABOUT A HALF
INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN HEADWATERS...WITH AN INCH
TO 1.5 INCHES OVER THE LOWER CONNECTICUT BASIN.  THIS IS EXPECTED TO
BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ON THE TYPICAL VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS ALONG THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER.

A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT
MONTAGUE...WITH A FLOOD WATCH POSTED FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT
NORTHAMPTON...THOMPSONVILLE...HARTFORD AND MIDDLETOWN.

&&

.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NH...NONE.
RI...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR ANZ235-237-
     250-254>256.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 2 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EDT THURSDAY
     FOR ANZ251.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BELK/SIPPRELL
NEAR TERM...FRANK
SHORT TERM...BELK
LONG TERM...SIPPRELL
AVIATION...FRANK/BELK/SIPPRELL
MARINE...FRANK/BELK/SIPPRELL
HYDROLOGY...NMB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:28 AM EDT, 17 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
428 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

CTZ003-004-MAZ004>007-012>022-026-NHZ012-015-RIZ001>007-130830-
TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
BARNSTABLE MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
428 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND
SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ002-MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-130830-
HARTFORD CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-CHESHIRE NH-
428 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A LOW TO MEDIUM PROBABILITY FOR MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THIS WEEK DUE TO
SNOWMELT ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MAZ023-024-RIZ008-130830-
DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
428 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS APPROACHING
ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS APPROACHING
ADVISORY CRITERIA WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ231>235-237-254>256-130830-
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-
RHODE ISLAND SOUND-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO
20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND-
428 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ230-236-250-251-130830-
BOSTON HARBOR-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL
MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY-
428 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS
AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 9:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXHampden48 hr
Apr 13, 3:32 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBOX12 hr
Apr 13, 8:16 AM EDTGale WarningBOX6 hr
Apr 13, 8:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more2 hr
Apr 13, 10:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBOXBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth3 hr
Apr 13, 11:10 AM EDTGale WarningBOX3 hr
Apr 13, 3:38 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasBOX25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.