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WGUS71 KBOX 120140

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MAC011-015-NHC011-120230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

935 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY...WESTERN

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THIS

EVENING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE MOVED OUTSIDE OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. RAINFALL

TOTALS GIVEN BY SPOTTERS AND RADAR ESTIMATES...LOCALLY RANGED AS 

HIGH AS 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN HAMPSHIRE 

COUNTY...FROM PLAINFIELD TO CUMMINGTON AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH 

COUNTY NEAR MONT VERNON. CONFIRMED ROAD CLOSURES WERE NOTED IN

WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY BETWEEN 430 PM AND 730 PM THIS EVENING.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER 

OF TONIGHT AND ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR IMMINENT

FLOODING HAS CURRENTLY EXPIRED.



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