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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 14, 2019Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood watch at Apr 14, 2019, 1:44 PM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Apr 16, 2019, 3:20 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2019, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2019, 3:20 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2019, 11:50 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Flood severity: None

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 17:47 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood watch 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 watch went out at Apr 14, 10:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 3:00 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	49 hr
Apr 14, 4:23 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		22 hr
Apr 14, 4:23 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		22 hr
Apr 14, 1:44 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	22 hr
Apr 14, 1:44 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	BOX	Hampden	22 hr
Apr 14, 1:44 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	BOX	Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	22 hr
Apr 14, 1:44 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	BOX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	22 hr

Nearby

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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.