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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

728 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS   

  INCLUDING FALL RIVER



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.



* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR SEEKONK AND            

  SOMERSET. OR JUST NORTHWEST OF FALL RIVER.  THE CLUSTER OF         

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS MOVING         

  SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.



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 VEHICLES.  INTERSTATE 195 AND ROUTE 6 ARE MAJOR 

ROADWAYS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. 



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