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WGUS51 KBOX 232046

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MAC009-017-021-023-025-240045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

440 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LYNN...BEVERLY

  EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALTHAM...SOMERVILLE...NEWTON...

  FRAMINGHAM...CAMBRIDGE

  NORTHEASTERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEYMOUTH...QUINCY...BROOKLINE

  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOSTON

  NORTH CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SEVERAL LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL.  ONE LINE

  STRETCHES FROM LITTLETON TO IPSWICH AND APPEARS READY TO MERGE     

  WITH A SECOND LINE FROM ASHLAND TO BOSTON.  ANOTHER CLUSTER OF 

  STORMS WAS HITTING NORTHEAST PLYMOUTH COUNTY FROM HANOVER TO 

  HINGHAM. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALL MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 



* WIDESPREAD MAJOR URBAN FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY AS THESE STORMS

  MOVE THROUGH.  THE MERGING OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ASHLAND TO BOSTON 

  DURING THE NEXT 3 HOURS MAY RESULT IN RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4   

  INCHES AN HOUR.  THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AFFECTING 

  NORTHEAST PLYMOUTH COUNTY WILL ALSO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT URBAN 

  FLASH FLOODING. 



THIS IS WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE LATE AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING RUSH HOUR PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE 

FLASH FLOODING.  SOME SUBWAY FLOODING IS LIKELY AND NUMEROUS ROAD 

CLOSERS WILL LIKELY RESULT.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



THIS IS DEVELOPING INTO A VERY SERIOUS URBAN FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. 

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS... 

OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A 

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4222 7151 4220 7120 4221 7105 4209 7091

      4219 7072 4224 7077 4239 7082 4268 7081

      4266 7118 4254 7146



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