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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

551 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING PLYMOUTH



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 548 PM EDT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH

  FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AROUND PLYMOUTH.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH

  TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE MOVING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.



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 4161 7080 4163 7085 4203 7082 4201 7067

          4195 7055 4186 7052 4179 7055



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