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WGUS41 KBOX 070711
FLWBOX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
Issued by National Weather Service Gray ME
311 AM EDT Wed May 7 2025

...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 415 PM EDT.

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CTC007-072015-
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/MHDC3.1.ER.250507T1300Z.250508T0300Z.250509T0900Z.UU/
311 AM EDT Wed May 7 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE FRIDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Connecticut River at Middle Haddam.

* WHEN...From this morning to late Friday morning.

* 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 Wednesday the stage was 6.9 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late this
    morning to 7.7 feet late tonight. It will then fall tomorrow
    morning. It will rise to 7.6 feet early tomorrow afternoon.
    It will then fall tomorrow evening. It will rise to 7.4 feet
    early Friday morning. It will then fall below flood stage
    early Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4164 7269 4164 7258 4129 7225 4126 7239
      4141 7251 4156 7270


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