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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

632 PM 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...EAST

    HARTFORD...BRISTOL

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING GREENFIELD

  CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE

  HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

    INCLUDING NORTHAMPTON...AMHERST



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS TAPERING OFF OVER WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND HARTFORD COUNTY 

IN CONNECTICUT.  HOWEVER...RECENT EARLIER DOWNPOURS ARE STILL 

CAUSING AREA RIVER AND STREAMS TO SWELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS THEREFORE 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO RIVERS AND STREAMS. EVEN

THE SMALLEST STREAMS CAN BECOME KILLERS IN TORRENTIAL RAINS.



IF YOU LIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE STREAM NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION

TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RAPID RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS

CAN FLOOD HOMES...BUSINESSES AND ROADWAYS WITHOUT WARNING.



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