

000 

WGUS51 KBOX 080006

FFWBOX

MAC011-013-015-080200-

/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0010.080808T0006Z-080808T0200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

806 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

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

  SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 758 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  CHICOPEE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TORRINGTON TO 18 MILES WEST OF

  TORRINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY

  RAIN FOLLOWS THE DEPARTURE OF THE PRIMARY STORMS THIS EVENING WITH

  RAIN EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM.  THE

  COMBINATION OF TODAYS RAIN...AND THAT OF THE PAST 2 DAYS HAS LEFT

  A PORTION OF SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN HAMPDEN COUNTY

  VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.   ALSO URBAN CENTERS ARE MORE NATURALLY 

  PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING IN TORRENTIAL THUNDERSTORM SITUATIONS. 



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

  LUDLOW...SOUTHWICK...WILBRAHAM...AGAWAM...PALMER...EAST 

  LONGMEADOW AND MONSON 



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.



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 4217 7306 4217 7303 4226 7302 4236 7230

      4221 7230 4208 7223 4203 7291 4205 7307

      4211 7308



$$



DRAG

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000 

WGUS51 KBOX 080006

FFWBOX

MAC011-013-015-080200-

/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0010.080808T0006Z-080808T0200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

806 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

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

  SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 758 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  CHICOPEE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TORRINGTON TO 18 MILES WEST OF

  TORRINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY

  RAIN FOLLOWS THE DEPARTURE OF THE PRIMARY STORMS THIS EVENING WITH

  RAIN EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH ABOUT 10 PM.  THE

  COMBINATION OF TODAYS RAIN...AND THAT OF THE PAST 2 DAYS HAS LEFT

  A PORTION OF SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AND NORTHERN HAMPDEN COUNTY

  VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.   ALSO URBAN CENTERS ARE MORE NATURALLY 

  PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING IN TORRENTIAL THUNDERSTORM SITUATIONS. 



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

  LUDLOW...SOUTHWICK...WILBRAHAM...AGAWAM...PALMER...EAST 

  LONGMEADOW AND MONSON 



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.



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 4217 7306 4217 7303 4226 7302 4236 7230

      4221 7230 4208 7223 4203 7291 4205 7307

      4211 7308



$$



DRAG

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