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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

431 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 423 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN SOUTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY TRAINING ALONG THE EASTERN 

SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES.  THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE PRODUCING THE 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THIS SAME AREA THROUGH 6 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BECKET...MONTEREY...OTIS AND

  SANDISFIELD



THE FOLLOWING STREAMS WILL OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...DIMMOCK 

BROOK...AND WALKER BROOK DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS WILL EXCEED 4 INCHES IN SOME LOCALES CAUSING ROAD WASH OUTS.





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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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