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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 400 PM EDT THU MAR 18 2010
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SPICKET RIVER NEAR METHUEN.
* AT 3:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.5 FEET...FLOODWATERS SPREAD INTO LOW LYING PARKING
LOTS AND BUSINESSES IN METHUEN. IN LAWRENCE...THE RIVER INUNDATES
SCHOFIELD PARK AND SPREADS ONTO SARATOGA STREET. FLOODWATERS REACH
OR SURROUND SOME HOMES IN THE VICINITY OF MYRTLE AND WILLOW STREET.
IN ADDITION...FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO INUNDATE SPRUCE STREET AROUND
THE BRIDGE.
$$ FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 651 PM EDT THU MAR 18 2010
ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEWBURYPORT...LYNN...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...BEVERLY...
* UNTIL 645 AM EDT FRIDAY
* AT 644 PM EDT THURSDAY RIVER LEVELS CONTINUE TO FALL AND MANY
SMALL RIVERS IN ESSEX COUNTY HAVE FALLEN INTO MINOR FLOOD OR
BELOW. HOWEVER...THE IPSWICH RIVER IN IPSWICH REMAINS IN MODERATE
FLOOD. THE IPSWICH HAS CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BUT WILL
REMAIN IN MODERATE FLOOD INTO FRIDAY BUT CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...INCLUDING UNDERPASSES. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW
VEHICLES TO CROSS SAFELY...OR THE ROADWAY MAY BE UNDERMINED.
LAT...LON 4285 7081 4269 7077 4265 7070 4268 7066
4263 7062 4257 7068 4254 7089 4251 7088
4249 7084 4245 7089 4244 7093 4248 7102
4262 7101 4262 7117 4275 7122 4275 7119
4281 7118 4281 7107 4285 7103 4289 7089
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