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WGUS71 KBOX 122255

FFSBOX

MAC013-027-120130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

700 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY

UNTIL 930 PM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING MUCH OF WORCESTER COUNTY

AT APPROXIMATELY 7 PM THIS EVENING. A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE 

WESTBOROUGH AND NORTHBOROUGH VICINITIES WAS YIELDING LOCAL THREE

TO FOUR INCH RAINFALL RATES PER HOUR. THE STORM IS SLOWLY MOVING 

EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND SHOULD DEPART THE LOCAL VICINITIES

BY 8 PM. EXPECT CONTINUED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN THE 

VICINITY OF ROUTES 9...30 AND 135. IN ADDITION SOME SMALL STREAM

AND BASEMENT FLOODING IS LIKELY. 



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWEST HAMPDEN COUNTY HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THIS 

EVENING ACROSS WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST INTO WORCESTER

COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. THERE WAS A CONFIRMED REPORT THAT COOLEY POND 

IN GRANVILLE OVERFLOWED ONTO A LOCAL ROADWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 555 PM.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN 

MASSACHUSETTS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...THERE IS NO OCCURRING OR 

IMMINENT THREAT OF FLOODING AT THIS TIME.



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