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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
755 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2026
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BRISTOL MA-NORFOLK MA-PLYMOUTH MA-WORCESTER MA-PROVIDENCE RI-
755 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND...
* WHEN...UNTIL 145 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 747 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUED LIGHT TO AT
TIMES MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS IN THE WARNED
AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING COULD
LEAD TO AREAS OF STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE
BLACKSTONE RIVER ABOVE WOONSOCKET IS NOW IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE
LEVELS AT 11.96 FT, WHICH LEADS TO LOW- LYING FLOODING ALONG
PORTIONS OF CUMBERLAND AND WOONSOCKET AS WELL AS OFF OF ROUTE 122
IN CUMBERLAND.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROCKTON, PAWTUCKET, TAUNTON, EAST PROVIDENCE, WOONSOCKET,
CUMBERLAND, RANDOLPH, NORTH PROVIDENCE, FRANKLIN, NORTH
ATTLEBOROUGH, NORWOOD, STOUGHTON, ATTLEBORO, WALPOLE AND
MANSFIELD.
- 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 4206 7164 4218 7141 4219 7119 4214 7094
4203 7088 4200 7100 4190 7112 4184 7125
4182 7132 4186 7141 4186 7153 4190 7160
4204 7164
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