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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

916 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR A POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE IN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST 

MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TAUNTON.

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

COMPROMISED AND WEAKENED.



AT 920 PM EDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO TELL US THAT THE    

WHITTENTON POND DAM ON THE MILL RIVER MAY FAIL AT ANYTIME IN THE 

NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED OVER THE PAST 

SEVERAL HOURS.  THE  MAYOR OF TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A STATE OF 

EMERGENCY AND EVACUATION ORDERS...WHICH HAVE OCCURRED...REMAIN IN 

PLACE AS OF THIS EVENING.



THE WHITTENTON 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



LAT...LON 4190 7102 4188 7100 4187 7103 4189 7104



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MCCORMICK

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