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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

220 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE...

  SOUTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



* UNTIL 315 PM EDT



* AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

  RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY AS THE

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE CT VALLEY THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WESTFIELD...WEST SPRINGFIELD...SOUTHAMPTON...SOUTH HADLEY...

  RUSSELL...MONTGOMERY...HOLYOKE...GRANVILLE...GRANBY...EASTHAMPTON

  AND AGAWAM



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4226 7286 4232 7250 4203 7253 4204 7262

      4205 7288

TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 180DEG 0KT 4205 7267



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