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WGUS71 KBOX 112029

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MAC001-005-009-017-021-023-025-027-RIC001-003-005-007-009-120815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

427 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2003



...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY 

MORNING IN RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



AS OF 4 PM...A SLOW MOVING GALE NOREASTER HAS ALREADY DUMPED NEARLY 

AN INCH OF RAIN IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. 



WHILE THERE WILL BE INTERLUDES OF RECOVERY TONIGHT WHEN THE SHOWERY 

RAINS LET UP...OVERALL A GENERAL ONE AND ONE HALF TO 3 INCH STORM 

TOTAL IS EXPECTED...BY THE TIME THIS NOREASTER WINDS DOWN MIDDAY 

SATURDAY.  



CLOGGED DRAINAGE BASINS WILL EASILY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE PONDING ON 

SOME OF THE AREA ROADS.



STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY UNDERPASSES MAY RISE TO 

SEVERAL FEET IN 1 OR 2 LOCALITIES...PARTIALLY SUBMERGING VEHICLES.



SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE SHARPLY TONIGHT BUT REMAIN WITHIN THEIR 

BANKS...UNLESS AMOUNTS EXCEED THREE INCHES.    



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. 



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