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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
242 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
EAST CENTRAL PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
* AT 241 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE, PAWTUCKET, TAUNTON, EAST PROVIDENCE, NORTH
ATTLEBOROUGH, ATTLEBORO, NORTON, SEEKONK, REHOBOTH AND DIGHTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
LAT...LON 4183 7138 4184 7138 4184 7137 4187 7138
4195 7138 4193 7112 4182 7113
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
CHAI
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