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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

802 PM EDT SUN SEP 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINDSOR LOCKS...WEST HARTFORD...

  NEWINGTON...NEW BRITAIN...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD...

  BRISTOL...

  WESTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VERNON...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  TORRENTIAL 

RAIN WAS TRAINING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HARTFORD AND TOLLAND 

COUNTIES.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN JUST ONE 

HOUR  SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST 

A FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE HARTFORD METROPOLITAN AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDSOR...

  WILLINGTON...TOLLAND...SOUTH WINDSOR...SIMSBURY...GRANBY...

  ELLINGTON...EAST WINDSOR...EAST GRANBY...CANTON AND BLOOMFIELD



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON.



LAT...LON 4157 7295 4163 7295 4165 7299 4180 7303

      4182 7296 4187 7297 4191 7292 4196 7291

      4195 7226 4164 7229 4160 7249 4164 7252

      4163 7266 4154 7286



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