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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

536 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LYNN...LAWRENCE...

  EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALTHAM...SOMERVILLE...NEWTON...

  LOWELL...CAMBRIDGE...

  NORTH CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKLINE...

  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOSTON...



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 534 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  IN WOBURN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.  SHOWERS AND   

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING HEAVY     

  RAINFALL.  THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 

  AREAS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WILMINGTON...TOPSFIELD...TEWKSBURY...READING...PEABODY...NORTH

  READING...NORTH ANDOVER...MIDDLETON...LYNNFIELD...GEORGETOWN...

  DRACUT...DANVERS...BOXFORD...BILLERICA AND ANDOVER



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 4245 7093 4227 7106 4227 7134 4268 7135

      4278 7087

TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 180DEG 0KT 4253 7105



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