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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1000 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AN IMMINENT DAM FAILURE IN...

  BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS   

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TAUNTON



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* THE WHITTENDEN POND DAM CONTINUES TO BE IN DANGER OF IMMINENT 

FAILURE. 



* LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ENGINEERS INDICATE THE FAILURE OF THE 

WHITTENTON POND DAM ON THE MILL RIVER IN TAUNTON IS IMMINENT.  DOOR 

TO DOOR EVACUATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE FOR THOSE DOWNSTREAM OF THE 

DAM. THE DAM IS 12 FEET HIGH AND IF IT FAILS AN APPROXIMATELY 8 FOOT 

FLOOD WAVE WOULD OCCUR...WITH A 4 TO 6 FOOT FLOOD WAVE INTO PARTS OF 

TAUNTON THAT ARE DOWNSTREAM.   



PEOPLE BELOW THE DAM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MONITORING LOCAL

RADIO OR TELEVISION AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY REQUIRED

EVACUATION AS OUTLINED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF 

YOU ARE IN AN AREA WHERE AN EVACUATION HAS BEEN ORDERED, LEAVE 

IMMEDIATELY





LAT...LON 4198 7112 4167 7096 4163 7117 4197 7131



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