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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

920 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 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 1115 PM EDT



* AT 911 PM EDT...TWO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN IN AN HOUR IN EASTHAMPTON OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY BETWEEN 8 AND 9

  PM. TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE

  FROM HUNTINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ONLY 7 MPH.



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

  MONTGOMERY...HUNTINGTON..SOUTHAMPTON...HOLYOKE AND THE CITY OF

  CHICOPEE WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POSSIBLY ALSO OCCURRING IN 

  OF SPRINGFIELD BY 11 PM.  



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.  PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE ARE 

EASTHAMPTON SOUTHAMPTON AND HOLYOKE.   HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUE 

REDEVELOPING IN THE UPSLOPE REGION OF WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

NEAR AND NORTH OF HUNTINGTON AND SPILL EAST SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE 

PREVIOUSLY DRENCHED REGION OF SOUTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.    



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND SMALL STREAMS AS WELL AS FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS

OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

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

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4232 7293 4230 7267 4219 7249 4210 7253

      4214 7268 4221 7288 4228 7297



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