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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

448 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



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HARTFORD CT-

448 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR HARTFORD

COUNTY...



AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR EAST HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...  

  MANCHESTER BY 500 PM EDT

  9 MILES NORTH OF MARLBOROUGH BY 510 PM EDT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE URBAN FLASH FLOODING 

OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

LYING SPOTS...IN THE GREATER HARTFORD AREA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL 

ALSO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING 

TROUT BROOK AND PIPER BROOK NEAR FARMINGTON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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