283  
WGUS51 KBOX 122255  
FFWBOX  
MAC001-023-130015-  
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0022.090912T2255Z-090913T0015Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA  
655 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2009  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
WEST CENTRAL BARNSTABLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...  
EAST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...  
 
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT  
 
* AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
A SLOW MOVING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BOURNEDALE...MOVING SLOWLY  
NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. HOURLY RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE INCREASED  
TO BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED  
FLASH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS JUST WEST  
OF THE CANAL NEAR BOURNEDALE NORTHWESTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS  
OF PLYMOUTH.  
 
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.  
 
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF  
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4171 7063 4172 7064 4173 7063 4173 7065  
4183 7075 4194 7055 4185 7052 4182 7054  
4178 7050 4177 7050  
 
 
 
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