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WGUS51 KBOX 031049
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MAC017-027-031400-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
649 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.
* AT 649 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 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...
LOWELL, LEOMINSTER, FITCHBURG, CHELMSFORD, DRACUT, WESTFORD,
GARDNER, HOLDEN, ATHOL, PEPPERELL, TYNGSBOROUGH, GROTON,
WINCHENDON, LUNENBURG, TOWNSEND, LITTLETON, LANCASTER, TEMPLETON,
RUTLAND AND STERLING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4248 7228 4271 7203 4270 7130 4242 7173
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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