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WGUS71 KBOX 142103

FFSBOX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

500 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005



MAC021-023-142130-

NORFOLK MA-PLYMOUTH MA-

500 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

PLYMOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTIES...



AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WEYMOUTH...SCITUATE...RANDOLPH...HINGHAM...COHASSET...BRAINTREE AND 

BROCKTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. RAINFALL OF 4.5 

INCHES IN 2 AND A HALF HOURS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN BRAINTREE.



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.



THOMPSON

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