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WGUS41 KBOX 121431  
FLWBOX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA  
1031 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024  
 
MAC011-013-015-121700-  
/O.EXT.KBOX.FA.W.0010.000000T0000Z-240412T1700Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
FRANKLIN MA-HAMPDEN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-  
1031 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, INCLUDING THE  
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, FRANKLIN, HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM EDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1031 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES  
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS  
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
SPRINGFIELD, CHICOPEE, HOLYOKE, AMHERST, NORTHAMPTON, WEST  
SPRINGFIELD, LUDLOW, SOUTH HADLEY, EASTHAMPTON, GRANBY,  
SOUTHAMPTON, HADLEY, HATFIELD, WILLIAMSBURG, WESTHAMPTON,  
WHATELY, CHESTERFIELD AND GOSHEN.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4243 7270 4240 7263 4232 7252 4227 7249  
4226 7250 4222 7249 4217 7254 4217 7257  
4215 7257 4214 7258 4214 7262 4215 7265  
4218 7267 4226 7275 4234 7279 4238 7279  
4243 7281 4245 7281 4243 7274  
 

 
 
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