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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1204 PM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE

  HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING NORTHAMPTON...AMHERST



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT.



* AT 1201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM SOUTH HADLEY TO

  AGAWAM...OR FROM 6 MILES EAST OF NORTHAMPTON TO 7 MILES NORTH OF

  WINDSOR LOCKS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHAMPTON...SOUTHWICK AND WESTFIELD.



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

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



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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