Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning As of 12:34 PM EDT on March 17, 2010
The Flood Warning continues for the Charles River at Dover. * At 11:15 am Wednesday the stage was 7.6 feet. * Flood stage is 5.0 feet. * Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * Forecast... the river will remain steady near 7.6 feet this afternoon then begin falling. The river level is forecast to remain above flood stage through at least Friday. * Impact... at 8.0 feet... flooding will continue to impact portions of Dover... Medfield... Millis... Medway... South Natick... Needham and Wellesley.
1234 PM EDT Wed Mar 17 2010
The Flood Warning continues for the Neponset river at Norwood. * At 10:15 am Wednesday the stage was 9.3 feet. * Flood stage is 9.0 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage this evening. * Impact... at 9.0 feet... minor lowland flooding continues along the Neponset river in Norwood.
900 am EDT Wed Mar 17 2010
The National Weather Service in Taunton has extended the
* Flood Warning for small streams in... Bristol County in Rhode Island... this includes the cities of... Bristol... Barrington... Kent County in Rhode Island... this includes the city of Warwick... Newport County in Rhode Island... this includes the city of Newport... Providence County in Rhode Island... this includes the cities of... Woonsocket... Providence... Washington County in Rhode Island... this includes the city of South Kingstown... eastern Worcester County in central Massachusetts... this includes the cities of... Worcester... Milford... Leominster... Fitchburg... Essex County in eastern Massachusetts... this includes the cities of... Newburyport... Lynn... Lawrence... Beverly... Middlesex County in eastern Massachusetts... this includes the cities of... Waltham... Somerville... Newton... Lowell... Framingham... Cambridge... Norfolk County in eastern Massachusetts... this includes the cities of... Weymouth... Quincy... Franklin... Brookline... Suffolk County in eastern Massachusetts... this includes the city of Boston... Bristol County in southeast Massachusetts... this includes the cities of... Taunton... North Attleborough... New Bedford... Fall River... attleborough... Plymouth County in southeast Massachusetts... this includes the cities of... Plymouth... Brockton...
* until 900 PM EDT Wednesday
* at 845 am EDT many small rivers continued in flood. Although most river levels are now falling... a few are still rising. The Taunton river at Bridgewater was at major flood and still slowly rising. The Ipswich river at Ipswich was just shy of major flood and still slowly rising.
Rivers in moderate flood include
The Parker river in Byfield... falling the Ipswich river in Ipswich... slow rise and near major flood the Ipswich river in South Middleton... falling the shawsheen river in Andover... falling
Rivers in minor flood include
The Charles River in Waltham... falling the Charles River in Medway... falling the Nashua River in Clinton... falling the monatiquot river in East Braintree... falling the Jones river in Kingston... falling the Mill River in Taunton the Pawcatuck River in Wood River Junction Rhode Island... falling
A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or has been reported. Stream rises will be slow and flash flooding is not expected. However... all interested parties should take necessary precautions immediately.
Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive into areas where water covers the roadway. Flood waters are usually deeper than they appear. Just one foot of flowing water is powerful enough to sweep vehicles off the Road. When encountering flooded roads make the smart choice... turn around... dont drown.
Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning As of 12:34 PM EDT on March 17, 2010
