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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

940 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR

CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 1130 PM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RAINS TO CENTRAL 

MASSACHUSETTS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE.

HOWEVER...REPORTS INDICATE SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES

OCCURRING IN THE RUTLAND AREA. PORTIONS OF THE MUSCHOPAUGE 

BROOK...SOUTH WACHUSETT BROOK AND MILL BROOK IN THE RUTLAND AREA 

REMAIN ABOVE BANKFUL AT 930 PM. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING

FOR SMALL STREAMS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

1130 PM. 



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. 



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THIS 

EVENING ACROSS THE WESTBOROUGH AND NORTHBOROUGH AREAS IN EAST 

CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST AND ARE BEGINNING TO 

DIMINISH IN INTENSITY. ROAD CLOSURES WERE REPORTED ON ROUTES 30 AND 

135 IN WESTBOROUGH AT 740 PM AS WELL AS ROUTE 20...KENDALL ROAD

AND PINEHAVEN DRIVE IN NORTHBOROUGH BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.



REPORTS IN THESE AREAS INDICATE THAT THE POOR DRAINAGE AND STREET 

FLOODING WHICH HAD OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING...IS NOW IMPROVING. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED IN CENTRAL 

MASSACHUSETTS OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER...THERE IS NO IMMINENT THREAT OF 

FLOODING AT THIS TIME.



ONCE AGAIN...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WORCESTER 

COUNTY AS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



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