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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
318 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 318 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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 ON 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...
SPRINGFIELD, LUDLOW, EAST LONGMEADOW, ELLINGTON, TOLLAND,
BELCHERTOWN, WILBRAHAM, PALMER, STAFFORD, SOMERS, WARE, MONSON,
GRANBY, WILLINGTON, HAMPDEN, WARREN, BRIMFIELD, WALES AND UNION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4229 7248 4230 7248 4229 7234 4227 7226
4221 7225 4219 7226 4218 7225 4210 7224
4196 7219 4196 7222 4190 7222 4188 7235
4190 7244 4205 7250 4223 7250
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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