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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

921 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENFIELD...



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT



* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL

STREAMS. FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...INCLUDING ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IS

ALSO EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



ISOLATED LOCATIONS NEAR THE SAWMILL RIVER OF EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN 

COUNTY MAY RECEIVE RAINFALL OF 4 INCHES BY 1 AM. HEAVY RAINS 

CONTINUE MOVING EAST FROM NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY INTO FRANKLIN 

COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING OF ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IS ALSO

EXPECTED.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON.



LAT...LON 4266 7292 4270 7257 4271 7230 4263 7223

      4256 7231 4251 7261 4256 7296



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