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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

439 PM EDT TUE SEP 25 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND 

NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW 

HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 

HAS BEEN CANCELED...



THE LARGE SWATH OF TRAINING RAINFALL WHICH CROSSED OUR AREA THROUGH 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 

ON AND OFF SHOWERS CONTINUE TO CROSS OUR AREA INTO THE EVENING 

HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT 

LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.



DUE TO THE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF 

NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOME URBAN FLOODING MAY 

LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. ALSO...SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR PRIOR 

TO SUNSET ALONG THE NORTH NASHUA RIVER IN LEOMINSTER AND LANCASTER.



THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

INFORMATION OR UPDATES. 



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