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WGUS51 KBOX 131431  
FFWBOX  
CTC003-013-015-131730-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
1031 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...  
SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...  
WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...  
 
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 1031 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS  
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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...  
GLASTONBURY, MANSFIELD, WINDHAM, WILLIMANTIC, TOLLAND, COVENTRY,  
HEBRON, BROOKLYN, WOODSTOCK, MARLBOROUGH, WILLINGTON, COLUMBIA,  
BOLTON, ASHFORD, POMFRET, ANDOVER, CHAPLIN, HAMPTON, EASTFORD AND  
SCOTLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4166 7252 4176 7244 4199 7212 4186 7195  
4166 7216 4171 7224 4170 7225 4169 7227  
4167 7227 4164 7233 4162 7232 4161 7233  
4160 7238 4159 7239 4160 7241 4159 7242  
4158 7247  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
DOOLEY  
 
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