THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE STILL RIVER AT BROOKFIELD.
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT  4 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...10.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE BY 11 AM
SATURDAY AND FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR   12.3 FEET
AROUND  2 PM SATURDAY. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE AFTER  8 PM SATURDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...WATER FLOODS LOWLANDS ALONG THE STILL RIVER.

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FLD   OBSERVED              FORECAST
7 PM  1 AM  7 AM  1 PM  7 PM
LOCATION         STG   STG  DAY TIME   SAT   SUN   SUN   SUN   SUN

STILL RIVER
BROOKFIELD    12.0   10.1 SAT 05 AM  12.1  11.7

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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT, NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHERN
BERKSHIRE.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING, HEAVY AT TIMES. A HALF
INCH TO INCH OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT AND AN ADDITIONAL
HALF AN INCH TO INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THE
RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN RIVER RISES WITH POINTS IN THE HOOSIC AND
HOUSATONIC BASINS NEARING OR EXCEEDING MINOR FLOOD STAGE. IN
ADDITION, URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

* SOME OF THE SLOWER RESPONDING RIVERS MAY REACH NEAR MINOR
FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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.

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