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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1000 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TAUNTON



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 945 AM EDT...THE POTENTIAL CONTINUED TO EXIST FOR FAILURE OF 

THE WHITTENDON POND DAM ON THE MILL RIVER.  LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT 

THAT ROAD CLOSURES AND EVACUATION ORDERS IN TAUNTON HAVE NOT 

CHANGED.  ENGINEERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO RELEASE PRESSURE BEHIND

THE STRUCTURE...BUT UNTIL THE PRESSURE BEHIND THE DAM CAN BE 

LOWERED...EVACUATION ORDERS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.



THE WHITTENTON POND DAM IS 12 FEET HIGH. IF THIS DAM FAILED...AN 

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

FLOOD WAVE INTO PARTS OF TAUNTON THAT ARE DOWNSTREAM.  THIS WOULD 

INCLUDE PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 



THIS IS A VOLATILE AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY REQUIRED EVACUATION AS OUTLINED BY LOCAL 

EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.



LAT...LON 4193 7102 4186 7099 4184 7106 4187 7117

      4196 7114



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