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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
744 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 744 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEOMINSTER, FITCHBURG, WESTFORD, GARDNER, HOLDEN, CLINTON, ATHOL,
PEPPERELL, TYNGSBOROUGH, GROTON, WINCHENDON, LUNENBURG, TOWNSEND,
LITTLETON, LANCASTER, TEMPLETON, RUTLAND, STERLING, AYER AND
WESTMINSTER.
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 4270 7144 4242 7158 4242 7227 4272 7219
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DOOLEY
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