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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1025 AM EDT WED OCT 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...SPECIFICALLY 

  THE CITY OF TAUNTON.



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AS OF 1000 AM 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...INCLUDING PARTS OF 

THE DOWNTOWN AREA.



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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