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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

348 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.



* AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER RUSSELL...MONTGOMERY AND 

BLANDFORD IN NORTHWESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE

NEARLY STATIONARY.



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL

RAINFALL. CULVERTS ALONG ROADSIDES MAY BE WASHED OUT. STANDING WATER

ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY UNDERPASSES MAY RISE TO SEVERAL FEET IN

DEPTH SUBMERGING MOST VEHICLES.



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LAT...LON 4209 7307 4205 7294 4220 7283 4234 7296



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