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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

627 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER NORTHBOROUGH 

AND WESTBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS....IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTES 9...30 

AND 135. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 

10 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES OF THREE TO FOUR 

INCHES PER HOUR IN THE NORTHBOROUGH AND WESTBOROUGH VICINITIES.



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 4224 7170 4224 7161 4232 7161 4232 7167



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