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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
753 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 753 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. 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 AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
WORCESTER, SPRINGFIELD, CHICOPEE, HOLYOKE, AMHERST, SHREWSBURY,
NORTHAMPTON, AGAWAM, WEST SPRINGFIELD, LUDLOW, GRAFTON, SOUTH
HADLEY, HOLDEN, SOUTHBRIDGE, AUBURN, EASTHAMPTON, LONGMEADOW, EAST
LONGMEADOW, BELCHERTOWN AND WILBRAHAM.
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 4204 7271 4229 7263 4243 7227 4243 7162
4218 7175 4203 7196
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
DOOLEY
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