Serious Flooding?



A quick update - the Hydrologic Prediction Center (a branch of NOAA) has issued the following statement regarding the Merrimack in Lowell. The
chart above is the depth of the Merrimack at Lowell (click to enlarge). The dark blue line is the recorded depth- the green dashed line is the forecast depth.


The river has risen 8 FEET since the storm began!!!!

Note that the actual depth is already HIGHER than the forecast depth.

THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOOD EVENT. ALL PERSONS ALONG THE MERRIMACK RIVER SHOULD FOLLOW THE EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMANT OFFICIALS. IF ASKED TO EVACUATE...DO SO IMMEDIATELY. ALL FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES MUST BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PORTIONS OF ROUTE 113 ABOVE THE PAWTUCKET FALLS. ALSO...PORTIONS OF ROUTE 110 AND SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES ALONG ROUTE 110 HEADING NORTH AND EAST INTO TEWKSBURY MAY BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICALS. IF ASKED TO EVACUATE...DO SO IMMEDIATELY.