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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

152 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR...

  BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND

  NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND

  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND

  BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...TAUNTON

  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 145 AM EST.



* AT 145 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST

  MASSACHUSETTS.  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND

  ANOTHER INCH IS LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS TOWARD EVENING.



BAILEY BROOK IN MIDDLETOWN RHODE ISLAND IS REPORTED RISING OUT OF 

ITS BANKS.  OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND BROOKS ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE 

SIMILAR FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE.  



THE WADING AND TAUNTON RIVERS WERE RISING IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY 

RAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN MINOR 

FLOODING ALONG THESE RIVERS TONIGHT.  



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO

KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO RIVERS AND STREAMS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG

A FLOOD PRONE STREAM NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY FROM RISING WATERS.



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