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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

230 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL BARNSTABLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS

  SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 226 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARION AND WAREHAM...ABOUT 10 

  MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BEDFORD.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST 

  AT 15 MPH.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST WILL 

  MOVE OVER THIS SAME AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

  POSSIBLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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 MOST VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4179 7091 4163 7082 4173 7039 4194 7050



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