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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

210 PM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING GREENFIELD



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



* AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF FRANKLIN

  COUNTY...AND EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH MUCH OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

  VALLEY.



  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BY 4 PM...RUNOFF WILL

  LIKELY CAUSE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR 

  BANKS.  SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED. 



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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