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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

930 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 924 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH   

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON AREA STREAMS IN THE VICINTY OF WESTFIELD 

FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF 

CHICOPEE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  GRANVILLE BY 935 PM EDT

  6 MILES SOUTH OF BLANDFORD BY 940 PM EDT

  TOLLAND BY 1025 PM EDT



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS 

AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. THE ROAD COULD BE DAMAGED OR 

WASHED OUT.



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.



LAT...LON 4201 7282 4205 7272 4218 7276 4222 7280

      4220 7301 4216 7301 4214 7304 4215 7306

      4207 7306 4205 7304 4204 7305 4204 7287



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