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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
750 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWESTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
* AT 750 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. 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...
HARTFORD, NEW BRITAIN, WEST HARTFORD, BRISTOL, MANCHESTER, EAST
HARTFORD, ENFIELD, SOUTHINGTON, WESTFIELD, GLASTONBURY, NEWINGTON,
VERNON, WINDSOR, AGAWAM, WETHERSFIELD, SOUTH WINDSOR, FARMINGTON,
SIMSBURY, BLOOMFIELD AND BERLIN.
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 4204 7304 4209 7275 4188 7248 4160 7238
4158 7247 4165 7251 4163 7263 4164 7263
4163 7271 4158 7275 4155 7285 4156 7295
4164 7294 4164 7298 4180 7302 4181 7295
4189 7294 4197 7289 4197 7303 4204 7301
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DOOLEY
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