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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
1024 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
WEST CENTRAL TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1024 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HARTFORD, NEW BRITAIN, WEST HARTFORD, BRISTOL, MANCHESTER, EAST
HARTFORD, ENFIELD, SOUTHINGTON, GLASTONBURY, NEWINGTON, VERNON,
WINDSOR, WETHERSFIELD, SOUTH WINDSOR, FARMINGTON, SIMSBURY,
BLOOMFIELD, BERLIN, ROCKY HILL AND AVON.
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 7268 4188 7248 4173 7243 4165 7251
4163 7271 4159 7275 4158 7275 4156 7283
4157 7283 4157 7285 4155 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4164 7294 4164 7298 4180 7302
4181 7295 4189 7294 4190 7292 4195 7289
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DOOLEY
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