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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

April 12, 2024Hampden County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2024, 7:32 PM EDT for Hampden County, Massachusetts; Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Apr 13, 2024, 2:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2024, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2024, 2:55 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2024, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Connecticut River at Thompsonville (TMVC3). The gauge peaked at 15.50 ft at Apr 14, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01184000, 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 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, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 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 12, 5:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	7 hr
Apr 12, 7:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin	3 hr
Apr 12, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Washington	30 hr
Apr 12, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Kent, Providence	57 hr
Apr 12, 3:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	5 days
Apr 12, 10:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.