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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
923 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
NORTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.
* AT 923 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND CAUSING FLASH
FLOODING. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. 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...
SPRINGFIELD, ENFIELD, VERNON, AGAWAM, SOUTH WINDSOR, LUDLOW,
SOUTHBRIDGE, LONGMEADOW, SUFFIELD, EAST LONGMEADOW, ELLINGTON,
TOLLAND, BELCHERTOWN, WILBRAHAM, CHARLTON, COVENTRY, PALMER,
STAFFORD, SOMERS AND DUDLEY.
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 4203 7266 4223 7241 4228 7234 4216 7213
4206 7197 4196 7212 4190 7222 4175 7244
4188 7251 4201 7269
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DOOLEY
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