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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

455 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



CTC013-015-240000-

TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-

455 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR WINDHAM AND

TOLLAND COUNTIES...



AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM 

BOLTON TO WILLINGTON EAST TO WOODSTOCK AND PUTNAM.  WHILE THE LINE 

HAS DRIFTED SOUTHWARD IN THE PAST HOUR...NEW STORMS CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS TOLLAND AND WINDHAM 

COUNTIES THIS EVENING. 



SMALL RIVER BASINS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL INCLUDE 

OGDEN BROOK...THE TANKERHOOSEN RIVER AND THE HOP RIVER.  SMALL RIVER 

BASINS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

INCLUDE THE MOUNT HOPE RIVER...THE BEAR SWAMP RIVER AND THE HOP 

RIVER BASIN.  



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.



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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