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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

319 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON CONTINUES THE FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE IN...BRISTOL COUNTY IN

SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF

TAUNTON.



THE WHITTENDON POND DAM ON THE MILL RIVER IN TAUNTON HAS BEEN

COMPROMISED AND WEAKENED.



AS OF MID AFTERNOON...ENGINEERS CONTINUED TO WORK ON A SOLUTION TO

THIS SITUATION. ALSO...EVACUATION ORDERS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED...

REMAINED IN PLACE AS OF MID AFTERNOON.



THE WHITTENDON POND DAM IS 12 FEET HIGH. IF IT WERE TO FAIL...AN

APPROXIMATELY 8 FOOT FLOOD WAVE WOULD OCCUR WITH A 4 TO 6 FOOT FLOOD

WAVE INTO PARTS OF TAUNTON THAT ARE DOWNSTREAM.



THIS IS A VOLATILE AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN AN

AREA WHERE AN EVACUATION HAS BEEN ORDERED...LEAVE IMMEDIATELY



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