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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

415 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINDSOR LOCKS...WEST HARTFORD...

  NEWINGTON...NEW BRITAIN...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD...

  BRISTOL



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING NEAR

  BURLINGTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL...MOVING EAST AT 

  20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  CANTON BY 420 PM EDT

  AVON AND FARMINGTON BY 430 PM EDT

  WEST HARTFORD AND BLOOMFIELD BY 445 PM EDT

  HARTFORD BY 455 PM EDT

  WINDSOR BY 500 PM EDT

  EAST HARTFORD...SOUTH WINDSOR AND EAST WINDSOR BY 505 PM EDT



RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 

THUNDERSTORM.  URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE GREATER 

HARTFORD AREA. SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED. 



FLASH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL

RAINFALL. CULVERTS ALONG ROADSIDES MAY BE WASHED OUT. STANDING WATER

ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY UNDERPASSES MAY RISE TO SEVERAL FEET IN 

DEPTH...TRAPPING OR SUBMERGING VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4157 7294 4179 7302 4181 7294 4187 7296

      4196 7288 4197 7302 4203 7301 4203 7301

      4203 7282 4199 7282 4203 7276 4202 7252

      4186 7253 4159 7242 4159 7242 4165 7255

      4163 7271 4155 7282



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