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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
244 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 244 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 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...
MANCHESTER, GLASTONBURY, VERNON, MANSFIELD, SOUTH WINDSOR,
WINDHAM, PLAINFIELD, WILLIMANTIC, KILLINGLY, TOLLAND, COVENTRY,
HEBRON, BROOKLYN, MARLBOROUGH, WILLINGTON, COLUMBIA, CANTERBURY,
BOLTON, ASHFORD AND POMFRET.
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 4184 7252 4184 7205 4181 7180 4164 7179
4163 7195 4167 7215 4166 7216 4171 7224
4169 7227 4167 7227 4164 7233 4161 7233
4160 7238 4159 7239 4160 7241 4159 7243
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DOOLEY
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