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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

315 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005



MAC017-025-062115-

SUFFOLK MA-MIDDLESEX MA-

315 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL

MIDDLESEX AND NORTHERN SUFFOLK COUNTIES...



THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOSTON...SOMERVILLE AND 

CAMBRIDGE. 



AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA AS A 

COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

  

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 5 

PM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER INCH TO LOCALLY UP TO ONE 

HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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