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WGUS71 KBOX 072304

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MAC017-072345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

704 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY HAS 

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EARLY THIS 

EVENING HAVE LEFT THE AREA.  ROADWAYS...INTERSECTIONS AND SMALL 

STREAMS MAY STILL CONTAIN HIGH WATER DUE TO THE RECENT 

RAINFALL...PARTICULARLY IN THE LOWELL...CHELMSFORD...AND WESTFORD 

VICINITIES. HOWEVER...GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF FLOODED AREAS IS 

EXPECTED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING.  AS A RESULT THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THROUGH MIDDLESEX 

COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM...THESE SHOWERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL SUCH AS THAT EXPERIENCED EARLIER THIS EVENING.  

IN AREAS PREVIOUSLY AFFECTED BY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL..AN ADDITIONAL 

QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.  WHILE THIS IS NOT 

EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING...THIS MAY SLOW THE 

RECESSION OF FLOODWATERS WHICH EXIST. 



NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE ROADWAY COULD BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT.



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