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WGUS71 KBOX 291851

FFSBOX

MAC011-291945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

145 PM EST WED OCT 29 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN 

COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 245 PM...



HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY HAVE PRODUCED SHARP RISES ON STREAMS AND 

RIVERS IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY.  A SPOTTER HAS REPORTED FLOODING 

ON THE DEERFIELD AND GREEN RIVERS IN THE GREENFIELD AREA.  THE NORTH 

RIVER AT SHATTUCKVILLE IS NEAR BANKFULL...WHERE MINOR FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED. OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THIS AREA MAY ALSO SWELL 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.



OF NOTE...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT 

MONTAGUE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS.



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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