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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
227 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTH CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 227 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RE-DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. 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...RAPID RISES OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, AS WELL AS
FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-
LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW BEDFORD, FALL RIVER, DARTMOUTH, MARION, SOMERSET, FAIRHAVEN,
SWANSEA, TIVERTON, WESTPORT, REHOBOTH, WARREN, ACUSHNET, FREETOWN,
MATTAPOISETT, ROCHESTER AND LITTLE COMPTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4178 7115 4176 7095 4174 7092 4173 7079
4171 7074 4166 7073 4151 7098 4150 7103
4150 7111 4150 7114 4159 7119 4171 7123
4178 7127
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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