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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

925 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.



* AT 918 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DUMPED OVER 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN

  IN THE MARSHFIELD PEMBROKE HANOVER AREA THIS EVENING.  

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR. 

  RAINFALL BY 11 PM TONIGHT MAY BE CLOSE TO 5 INCHES IN A FEW 

  SPOTS NEAR MARSHFIELD.  THIS WILL CAUSE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS

  FLASH FLOODING.



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

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



PEOPLE THAT MAY BE CAMPING OR HIKING IN THE WARNING AREA MUST HEAD

FOR A STURDY SHELTER NOW. BE SURE TO STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND LOW

WATER AREAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. THE

ROAD COULD BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT.



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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