Flood Warning 3:08 am EDT on June 14, 2013 ... Flood Warning now in effect until Saturday evening... the Flood Warning continues for the Housatonic River at Gaylordsville. * Until Saturday evening. * At 2 am Friday the stage was 9 feet. * Flood stage is 8 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * The river is forecast to continue rising to near 9.2 feet by 8 am Friday. The river is forecast to fall below flood stage after 5 PM Saturday. * Impact... at 9.5 feet... the water reaches businesses on the low side of Spring street. Fld observed forecast 8 am 2 PM 8 PM 2 am 8 am location stg stg day time Fri Fri Fri Sat Sat Housatonic River gaylordsvill 8.0 9.0 Fri 03 am 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.3 308 am EDT Fri Jun 14 2013 ... Flood Warning now in effect until late Saturday night... the Flood Warning continues for the Housatonic River at Falls Village. * Until late Saturday night. * At 2 am Friday the stage was 7.2 feet. * Flood stage is 7 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * The river is forecast to continue rising to near 7.8 feet by 2 PM Friday. The river is forecast to fall below flood stage after 8 PM Saturday. * Impact... at 8 feet... the water reaches Riverside Road at Kent school and floods the picnic area along Route 7 near Housatonic Meadows. Fld observed forecast 8 am 2 PM 8 PM 2 am 8 am location stg stg day time Fri Fri Fri Sat Sat Housatonic River falls villag 7.0 7.2 Fri 02 am 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.4 222 am EDT Fri Jun 14 2013 The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Flood Warning for the Still River at Brookfield. * From this morning until this evening. * At 1 am Friday the stage was... 11.3 feet. * Flood stage is 12 feet. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Forecast... the river is forecast to reach flood stage by 6 am Friday and forecast to continue to rise to near 12.8 feet around 12 PM Friday. The river is forecast to fall below flood stage after 5 PM Friday. * Impact... at 12 feet... water floods lowlands along the Still River. Fld observed forecast 8 am 2 PM 8 PM 2 am 8 am location stg stg day time Fri Fri Fri Sat Sat Still River Brookfield 12.0 11.3 Fri 02 am 12.4 12.5 11.8 11.5 11.2 Areal Flood Watch 5:03 am EDT on June 14, 2013 ... Flood Watch now in effect through this afternoon... The Flood Watch remain in effect * Columbia... Dutchess... Berkshire and Litchfield counties. * Through this afternoon. * The steady rain will come to an end across the watch area early this morning. However... runoff will continue and rivers... creeks and streams will continue to rise cresting today. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:31 +0000