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WGUS71 KBOX 282250

FFSBOX

CTC003-MAC011-013-015-282330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

645 PM EDT SUN SEP 28 2003



...RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE CONNECTICUT 

RIVER VALLEY...



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FOR HARTFORD 

COUNTY CONNECTICUT...AND FOR HAMPDEN...HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN 

COUNTIES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.



RAIN IS TAPERING OFF IN THESE AREAS...HOWEVER THE EARLIER DOWNPOURS 

OF OVER 3 OR MORE INCHES ARE CAUSING AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO 

SWELL.



SEVERAL SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN 

GREENFIELD MASSACHUSETTS...THE GREEN RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS 

CAUSING NASHES MILL ROAD TO CLOSE.  IN MONTAGUE MASSACHUSETTS THE 

SAWMILL RIVER WAS OVER ITS BANKS.  IN FARMINGTON CONNECTICUT THERE 

WERE SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE TROUT BROOK WERE 

ABOVE BANK FULL. 



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.



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

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



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