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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

651 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007



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FRANKLIN MA-

651 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...



AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR ROWE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF NORTH ADAMS...MOVING

NORTH AT 5 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR

WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ACROSS

NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLY TERRAIN. SMALL

STREAMS WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. SOME ROADS COULD BE 

WASHED OUT.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4274 7299 4273 7278 4264 7289 4261 7295

      4264 7295 4267 7298



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