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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

712 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING NORTHAMPTON...AMHERST



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.



* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER HADLEY...EXTENDING 

THROUGH AMHERST AND NORTHEAST OF LEVERETT. THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

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

UNDERPASSES. KNOW ALTERNATE ROUTES FOR TRAVEL IN CASE ROADS BECOME 

IMPASSABLE.



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