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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

631 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST HARTFORD...NEWINGTON...NEW

  BRITAIN...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 626 PM EDT...RADAR AND RAIN GAGES INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

  OCCURRING NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE HARTFORD AREA. THUNDERSTORMS 

  CONTINUED TO CROSS OVER THE HARTFORD AREA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.



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

  WETHERSFIELD...GLASTONBURY AND BERLIN.



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 VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4179 7281 4160 7283 4161 7246 4179 7250



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