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Flash Flood Warning
CTC013-015-182215-
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WINDHAM CT-TOLLAND CT-
526 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN WINDHAM AND CENTRAL TOLLAND COUNTIES...

AT 524 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN WILLIMANTIC. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF WILLIMANTIC. EXPECT FLASH
FLOODING TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILLIMANTIC...MANSFIELD...PLAINFIELD...VERNON...CHAPLIN...STERLING...
HEBRON...ANDOVER...CANTERBURY...COLUMBIA...COVENTRY...SCOTLAND...
WINDHAM...HAMPTON...BOLTON...STORRS AND ROCKVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...STREETS
AND UNDERPASSES...INCLUDING LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADS. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE
FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE
ROAD. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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LAT...LON 4189 7252 4175 7179 4164 7179 4163 7195
4166 7216 4171 7224 4169 7227 4167 7227
4164 7233 4160 7233 4159 7239 4160 7241
4163 7241 4167 7245 4181 7247 4181 7249
4186 7250

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Flash Flood Watch
CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011>013-015>021-RIZ001>007-190100-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.A.0002.130618T1747Z-130619T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD...
MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...BOSTON...QUINCY...
TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...
MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...
WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...
NEWPORT
147 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.

* UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN
LESS THAN ONE HOUR.

* AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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