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Flash Flood Warning
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
201 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
CENTRAL AND WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 158 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES
OF UP TO ONE INCH IN 15 MINUTES. AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. URBAN AREAS WILL BE PARTICULARLY AT
RISK.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENFIELD...HUNTINGTON...WILLIAMSBURG...CHESTERFIELD...
WESTHAMPTON...GOSHEN...LEYDEN...DEERFIELD...EAST WINDSOR...
BERNARDSTON...WARWICK...MIDDLEFIELD...CHESTER...BUCKLAND...
COLRAIN...HAWLEY...WORTHINGTON...SHELBURNE...ASHFIELD...HEATH...
CUMMINGTON...CHARLEMONT...PLAINFIELD...SUNDERLAND...CONWAY...
WHATELY...NORTHFIELD...GILL...MONTAGUE AND ERVING.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS AND OBEY
ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&

LAT...LON 4238 7301 4239 7301 4261 7296 4274 7289
4272 7228 4268 7227 4266 7223 4219 7287
4227 7300 4231 7300 4231 7303 4233 7306
4238 7307

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