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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

226 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...

  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER

  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE

  STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 330 PM.



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

  WARWICK...WEST GREENWICH AND EAST GREENWICH



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4167 7169 4172 7145 4156 7145 4154 7166

TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 180DEG 0KT 4163 7165



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