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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

452 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS   

  OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 5 MPH. 

  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  PLAINFIELD...HAWLEY...CHARLEMONT...BUCKLAND AND ASHFIELD



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN

BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID

STREAMS OR CREEKS AND HEAD TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 4237 7307 4239 7300 4264 7295 4264 7273

      4226 7273 4226 7299 4230 7301 4230 7302



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