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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

602 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM FOR

SOUTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



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

SANDISFIELD. THE FOLLOWING STREAMS WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR 

BANKS...DIMNOCK BROOK...WALKER BROOK AND WHEELER BROOK. RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES INDICATE 2.5 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN 

THIS AREA. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE ROAD WASH 

OUTS...MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES.



AT 6 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

IN SOUTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY CONTINUING TO TRAIN ALONG THE 

EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. WHILE THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED 

IN INTENSITY DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR...MORE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WARNING AREA BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 

PM DUMPING UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN. 



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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