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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

425 AM EST THU MAR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

    INCLUDING SOUTHINGTON...WEST HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS



* UNTIL 1015 AM EST.



* AT 425 AM EST...THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER IN SOUTHINGTON WAS NEARING 

BANKFULL AND WAS RISING VERY RAPIDLY.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN HARTFORD COUNTY WILL LIKELY RISE 

VERY RAPIDLY OVER THEIR BANKS EARLY THROUGH MID MORNING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT

OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR 

THE LATEST INFORMATION.



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