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WGUS71 KBOX 131521
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1121 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
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HARTFORD CT-HAMPDEN MA-WORCESTER MA-
1121 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN HARTFORD, SOUTH
CENTRAL WORCESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTIES...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PORTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND.
LAT...LON 4175 7244 4188 7252 4194 7251 4195 7249
4203 7251 4203 7202
CTC013-015-131630-
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TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-
1121 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN TOLLAND AND NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...
AT 1121 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. BETWEEN
1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MANCHESTER, ENFIELD, VERNON, SOUTH WINDSOR, SOUTHBRIDGE,
ELLINGTON, TOLLAND, COVENTRY, STAFFORD, SOMERS, EAST WINDSOR,
STURBRIDGE, WOODSTOCK, WILLINGTON, BOLTON, ASHFORD, EASTFORD AND
UNION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4175 7244 4188 7252 4194 7251 4195 7249
4203 7251 4203 7202
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
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