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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

212 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 210 PM EDT...TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM  WAS OCCURING 

NEAR EAST LONGMEADOW...OR ABOUT NEAR SPRINGFIELD. THE STORM   

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



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

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



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4203 7270 4204 7243 4218 7241 4218 7265



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