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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
440 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2003 

 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER...

FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER THIS INCLUDES HOLYOKE.  

RUNOFF FROM THE 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL LATE WEDNESDAY IN
PORTIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN...COMBINED WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWMELT...ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERIOD OF NEAR 50 DEGREE TEMPERATURES...
HAS FORCED THE CONNECTICUT RIVER INTO MINOR FLOOD NEAR HOLYOKE.

THE CONNECTICUT WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD NEAR AND BELOW HOLYOKE
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING.

THE FLOOD WATERS WILL MOVE DOWNSTREAM INTO CONNECTICUT FORCING
THE CONNECTICUT TO NEAR BANK FULL AT HARTFORD LATE TODAY.

FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BELOW HOLYOKE... THE 3 AM FRIDAY STAGE WAS
19.6 FEET.   FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. AT STAGES NEAR 19.0 FEET...
LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BELOW THE
HOLYOKE DAM SOUTH TO AGAWAM AND LONGMEADOW.

A FLOOD STATEMENT PROVIDING THE LATEST INFORMATION IN THIS  FLOOD
EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 AM.

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

OBSERVED RIVER STAGES ARE COURTESY OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND
OTHER COOPERATING AGENCIES.  PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER  RADIO
OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS RIVER FLOOD EVENT.

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DRAG