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WGUS71 KBOX 132244

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MAC023-140045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

643 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH 

COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM...



ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEAST PLYMOUTH COUNTY IS 

GRADUALLY WEAKENING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 

THROUGH 730 PM.  A FEW LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN 

INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM.  SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE 

HIGH FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY RECEDING AFTER 8 PM.



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.



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THOMPSON

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