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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1202 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

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

  EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NORTHAMPTON...AMHERST



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT NOON EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED

  ACROSS MUCH OF HAMPDEN COUNTY...AND RADAR INDICATES THAT NEARLY

  4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.  THIS 

  IS LIKELY ENOUGH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

  STREAMS.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WILLIAMSBURG...WILBRAHAM...WESTHAMPTON...WEST SPRINGFIELD...

  WALES...SOUTHAMPTON...SOUTH HADLEY...PALMER...MONTGOMERY...

  MONSON...LUDLOW...HOLYOKE...HATFIELD...HAMPDEN...HADLEY...

  GRANVILLE...GRANBY...EASTHAMPTON...EAST LONGMEADOW...BELCHERTOWN

  AND AGAWAM.



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.



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 4206 7288 4205 7216 4238 7240 4242 7278



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