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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

906 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007



MAC027-040230-

WORCESTER MA-

906 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY...



AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE 

CROSSING THROUGH THE GREATER WORCESTER AREA.  IN ADDITION...A 

THUNDERSTORM WAS CROSSING OVER PETERSHAM...AND THIS STORM IS 

EXPECTED TO TRACK INTO GARDNER AND WESTMINSTER BY 930 PM. RAINFALL 

RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STERLING...

PRINCETON...PETERSHAM...LEOMINSTER...LANCASTER...HUBBARDSTON...

CLINTON AND BARRE



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.



LAT...LON 4236 7223 4250 7225 4255 7171 4242 7162

      4218 7164 4216 7218

TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 180DEG 0KT 4239 7193



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