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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

703 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

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

  HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NORTHAMPTON...AMHERST...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THIS REGION 

AND WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY.  SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN JUST 1 HOUR



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WORTHINGTON...WILLIAMSBURG...WESTHAMPTON...MIDDLEFIELD...

  HATFIELD...HADLEY...CHESTERFIELD AND CHESTER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...INCLUDING ROADS AND

UNDERPASSES IS ALSO EXPECTED.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY...INCLUDING UNDERPASSES. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW

VEHICLES TO CROSS SAFELY...OR THE ROADWAY MAY BE UNDERMINED.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE

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 FLOODING ROADS MAKE THE

SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4240 7301 4243 7300 4238 7237 4208 7234

      4205 7306 4216 7306 4217 7303 4227 7301

      4229 7301 4232 7306 4239 7306



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