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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

648 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



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HILLSBOROUGH NH-

648 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...



AT 644 PM EDT...THE MANCHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT 3 TO 4.50 INCHES OR RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF.  NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED 

POCKETS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE FLASH FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENFIELD...

WEARE...NEW BOSTON...MANCHESTER...HILLSBOROUGH...GOFFSTOWN...

FRANCESTOWN AND DEERING



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.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4274 7129 4272 7189 4321 7194 4319 7188

      4313 7185 4315 7166 4307 7163 4308 7152

      4301 7138 4294 7137 4292 7143 4285 7142

      4277 7130



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