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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

211 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOMERVILLE...CAMBRIDGE

  NORTHERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOSTON



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING WITH AN AREA OF RAIN NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

  WATERTOWN.



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

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



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.



FLASH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL

RAINFALL. CULVERTS ALONG ROADSIDES MAY BE WASHED OUT. STANDING WATER

ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY UNDERPASSES MAY RISE TO SEVERAL FEET IN

DEPTH SUBMERGING MOST VEHICLES.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS RAINFALL AREA WILL

RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW LYING 

AREAS...INCLUDING UNDERPASSES AND TUNNELS. KNOW ALTERNATE ROUTES

FOR TRAVEL IN CASE ROADS BECOME IMPASSABLE.



LAT...LON 4235 7123 4242 7110 4228 7086 4229 7108



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