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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

645 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.



* AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER FOSTER...OR ABOUT 10

  MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUTNAM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* STORMS HAVE BEEN DUMPING MIXED TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FROM

  NEAR FOSTER TO SCITUATE GREENVILLE AND JOHNSTON SINCE ABOUT 445 PM 

  WITH HOURLY ESTIMATES OF RAIN OVER 2 INCHES.   



* THE LAST OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL MIX SHOULD END BETWEEN 715 

  AND 730 PM. HOWEVER SMALL STREAM AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE

  VULNERABLE TO EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER THROUGH AT LEAST 745

  PM.      

 

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

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

THE NARROW 10 MILE WIDE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR THROUGH CENTRAL PROVIDENCE

COUNTY. 



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