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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1041 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHUA...MANCHESTER...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1034 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...OCCASIONALLY ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES 

  PER HOUR FALLING ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...AND THIS LOOKS TO 

  CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 1 AM. EARLIER SATURDAY EVENING...THE NASHUA

  TO MANCHESTER URBAN CORRIDOR RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN WHICH

  HAD CAUSED FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...PERHAPS 3 MORE

  INCHES...WILL ONLY MAKE THIS PROBLEM WORSE AND LIKELY BE THE CAUSE

  OF MORE FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT. DRIVING WILL BE ESPECIALLY

  DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...AS MANY SPOTS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD IN HEAVY

  RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BE COVERED IN SEVERAL FEET OF

  WATER...WITH SOME OF IT MOVING SWIFTLY. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS 

  TONIGHT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL OVERFLOW

  THEIR BANKS.



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

  BOSTON...MONT VERNON...MERRIMACK...LYNDEBOROUGH...GOFFSTOWN...

  BEDFORD...NASHUA...AND MANCHESTER.



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.



LAT...LON 4270 7139 4271 7192 4314 7170 4313 7166

      4307 7163 4308 7152 4301 7138 4294 7137

      4292 7143 4285 7142 4282 7136



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