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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1135 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003



...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUES IN HARTFORD AND CENTRAL HAMPDEN 

COUNTIES...



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR HARTFORD COUNTY UNTIL 1 

PM...AND FOR CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM.  FLASH FLOODING 

HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND IS IMMINENT IN CENTRAL 

HAMPDEN COUNTY.



AS OF 1130 AM...SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 

BERLIN AND WEST HARTFORD WHERE SEVERAL CARS WERE STRANDED.  IN NEW 

BRITAIN...WILLOW BROOK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND WAS FLOODING WILLOW 

BROOK PARK.



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN HARTFORD AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1 

PM...THEN SHOULD LESSEN IN INTENSITY AS THE HEAVIER RAIN SHIFTS 

EAST.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MOST 

OF HARTFORD AND CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY FROM BERLIN TO 

HARTFORD...SOUTHWICK AND SPRINGFIELD.



THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING...AND WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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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