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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
349 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTH CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 349 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
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 INDICATED.
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...
NEW BEDFORD, FALL RIVER, DARTMOUTH, NEWPORT, BRISTOL, MARION,
MIDDLEBOROUGH, WAREHAM, SOMERSET, PORTSMOUTH, MIDDLETOWN,
FAIRHAVEN, TIVERTON, WESTPORT, ACUSHNET, FREETOWN, MATTAPOISETT,
ROCHESTER, LITTLE COMPTON AND PRUDENCE ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4164 7133 4167 7128 4164 7126 4166 7125
4167 7124 4169 7124 4175 7112 4180 7085
4169 7069 4153 7089 4142 7136
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
FT
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