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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
811 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BARNSTABLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
EAST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOURNE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH
OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. RADAR RAINFALL RATES OF
3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN INDICATED IN THE WARNED AREA
AND SERIOUS FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. THE RAINFALL
SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY 9 PM...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE EVEN
AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.
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.
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.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
LAT...LON 4171 7063 4172 7064 4173 7063 4173 7065
4183 7075 4194 7055 4185 7052 4182 7054
4178 7050 4177 7050
EKSTER
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