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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

823 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS...

  CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER RUTLAND...OR ABOUT 9   

  MILES NORTHWEST OF WORCESTER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST

  AT 10 MPH.



  THE MUSCHOPAUGE BROOK...SOUTH WACHUSETT BROOK AND MILL BROOK

  NEAR RUTLAND MASSACHUSETTS WERE NEAR BANKFUL AT 820 PM...AND       

  SHOULD RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE BANKFUL BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO RIVERS AND STREAMS. EVEN

THE SMALLEST STREAMS CAN BECOME KILLERS IN TORRENTIAL RAINS.



IF YOU LIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE STREAM NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION

TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RAPID RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS

CAN FLOOD HOMES...BUSINESSES AND ROADWAYS WITHOUT WARNING.



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LAT...LON 4234 7199 4234 7188 4242 7187 4242 7200



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