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WGUS51 KBOX 211153

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MAC005-211545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

747 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TAUNTON



* UNTIL NOON EDT FRIDAY



* AT 800 AM EDT...THE POTENTIAL CONTINUED TO EXIST FOR FAILURE OF

  THE WHITTENTON POND DAM ON THE MILL RIVER.



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. 



CONTINUE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AS OUTLINED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY 

OFFICIALS.



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

      4196 7114



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