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MAC017-072215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

520 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY CONTINUES 

UNTIL 645 PM...



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY AT 520 

PM...SPECIFICALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 495 FROM JUST EAST 

OF LITTLETOWN EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO WESTFORD...CHELMSFORD TO LOWELL.

RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2.7 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN 

CHELMSFORD AND LOWELL.  VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER 

THE AREA THROUGH 6 PM. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT FLOODING ALONG INTERSTATE 495 FROM WESTFORD 

TO LOWELL THIS EVENING.



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

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



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT

OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS...BRIDGE UNDERPASSES AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. NEVER

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE

ROADWAY COULD BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT.



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