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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

707 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM 

  WESTMINSTER...TO FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING  

  SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  



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

  ASHBURNHAM AND LUNENBURG



RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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 4265 7187 4263 7186 4263 7177 4259 7167

      4245 7183 4255 7202

TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 224DEG 8KT 4256 7184



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