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WGUS71 KBOX 140004
FFSBOX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
804 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
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TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-PROVIDENCE RI-
804 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL TOLLAND, CENTRAL WINDHAM AND NORTHWESTERN
PROVIDENCE COUNTIES...
AT 804 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER,
WHICH PRODUCED 2 TO ALMOST 5 INCHES IN SPOTS, IS COMING TO AN END
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ONGOING FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE
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...
WOONSOCKET, CUMBERLAND, MANSFIELD, WINDHAM, PLAINFIELD,
SMITHFIELD, LINCOLN, WILLIMANTIC, KILLINGLY, BURRILLVILLE, NORTH
SMITHFIELD, SCITUATE, GLOCESTER, PUTNAM, THOMPSON, BROOKLYN,
WOODSTOCK, CANTERBURY, FOSTER AND ASHFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4180 7226 4183 7217 4198 7180 4201 7173
4201 7141 4188 7152 4178 7179 4166 7213
4167 7215 4166 7215 4166 7216 4167 7218
4168 7219 4169 7221 4170 7221 4171 7223
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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