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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1004 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

    INCLUDING WINDSOR LOCKS...WEST HARTFORD...NEWINGTON...NEW

    BRITAIN...EAST HARTFORD



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.



* AT 10 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  BAND OF SHOWERS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER CENTRAL HARTFORD 

  COUNTY...WHICH EXTENDED SOUTH TO LONG ISLAND SOUND.  THE SHOWERS

  WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE

  EXPECTED IN HARTFORD COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL

  CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS

  SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING.



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

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

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...EVEN IF YOU THINK THE WATER IS 

SHALLOW.



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