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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST HARTFORD...NEWINGTON...NEW

  BRITAIN...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD...BRISTOL



* UNTIL 515 AM EDT



* AT 1119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING SOUTHERN

  HARTFORD COUNTY.   THE WARNED AREA HAD ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 

  INCHES OF RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY NEAR LYMAN

  BROOK AROUND MARLBOROUGH AND THE MATTABESSETT RIVER NEAR BERLIN.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WINDSOR...WETHERSFIELD...SOUTH WINDSOR...ROCKY HILL...PLAINVILLE...

  MARLBOROUGH...GLASTONBURY...FARMINGTON...EAST WINDSOR...CANTON...

  BURLINGTON...BLOOMFIELD...BERLIN AND AVON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH 

MOST CARS AWAY.



LAT...LON 4157 7294 4179 7302 4182 7296 4186 7253

      4159 7242 4159 7242 4165 7255 4163 7271

      4155 7282



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