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WGUS71 KBOX 272326

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

721 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005



CTC003-280030-

HARTFORD CT-

721 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN

HARTFORD COUNTY...



AT 718 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED TO 

LIGHT TO MODERATE INTENSITY IN THE HARTFORD AREA. LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE HARTFORD AREA. 

MANY STREETS HAVE BEEN FLOODED...SOME BUSINESSES AND HOUSEHOLD 

BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AS WELL.

  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.  FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE GREATER HARTFORD AREA MAY ALSO OCCUR 

EARLY THIS EVENING. 



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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