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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

933 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND CENTRAL 

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EARLY THIS 

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

STREAMS MAY STILL CONTAIN HIGH WATER DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL... 

PARTICULARLY IN THE TOWN OF LEVERETT. HOWEVER...GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT 

OF FLOODED AREAS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  AS A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 



WHILE OCCASIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION 

OVERNIGHT...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLOODING 

SUCH AS THAT EXPERIENCED EARLIER THIS EVENING.  IN AREAS PREVIOUSLY 

AFFECTED BY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO ONE HALF 

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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