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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

May 10, 2025Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this river flood watch at May 10, 2025, 5:28 AM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at May 11, 2025, 5:36 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2025, 5:28 AM EDT (09:28 UTC)
In effect from
May 11, 2025, 5:36 AM EDT
Expired
May 11, 2025, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 09:32 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 May 10, 3:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchBOXMiddlesex, Worcester40 hr
May 10, 5:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchBOXHampden45 hr
May 10, 12:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire40 hr
May 10, 12:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXMiddlesex, Worcester46 hr
May 10, 12:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXHampden46 hr
May 10, 12:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex31 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.