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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

945 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 1115 PM 

FOR THE MARSHFIELD AREA OF NORTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY...



POLICE AT 935 PM REPORTED FOUR TREES DOWN AS WELL AS DOWNED WIRES 

AND FLOODING HIGHWAYS IN THE MARSHFIELD AREA. A RETIRED NATIONAL 

WEATHER FORECASTER OBSERVED OVER TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN  

THIS EVENING AS WELL AS HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL JUST BEFORE 915 PM.  



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE 

MARSHFIELD AREA THIS EVENING.



AT 950 PM...THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT SOUTHWARD DRIFT TO THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINS WHICH WOULD FAVOR THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 10 AND 

11 PM TO OCCUR FROM MARSHFIELDS SOUTHERN LIMITS TO PLYMPTON AND 

KINGSTON. 



THIS POTENT SITUATION HAS BEEN SET UP ALONG THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN A 

SLIGHTLY COOLER NORTHEAST FLOW NORTH OF MARSHFIELD AND A VERY WET 

SOUTHWEST FLOW ALONG THE SOUTH COAST.



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



FLASH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR 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.



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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