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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

520 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

    INCLUDING WEST HARTFORD...NEWINGTON...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...

    EAST HARTFORD



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.



* AT 520 PM EDT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH   

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN URBAN AREAS OF THE BLOOMFIELD AREA. CARS 

WERE REPORTED SUBMERGED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF 

TIME. TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER 

CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE AN EXTRA INCH OF 

RAIN IN CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY INCLUDING THE BLOOMFIELD...WEST 

HARTFORD...AND HARTFORD AREAS THROUGH 615 PM. 



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

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



THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN

FLOODING OF ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS...INCLUDING

UNDERPASSES AND TUNNELS. KNOW ALTERNATE ROUTES FOR TRAVEL IN CASE

ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE.



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