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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

240 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...

  NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...

  EASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE...

  SOUTHERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN...

  NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH...

  ATTLEBOROUGH...

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 233 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST   

  PROVIDENCE AND PAWTUCKET AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WRENTHAM...

  WALPOLE...STOUGHTON...SHARON...RANDOLPH...PLAINVILLE...NORFOLK...

  MANSFIELD...FOXBOROUGH...EASTON AND CANTON



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4209 7145 4219 7105 4198 7104 4181 7110

      4177 7125 4170 7153

TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 180DEG 0KT 4200 7133



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