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WGUS61 KBOX 280754
FFABOX
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
354 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
..LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT…
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HARTFORD CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-CHESHIRE NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HARTFORD…WINDSOR LOCKS…CHARLEMONT…
GREENFIELD…ORANGE…CHESTERFIELD…BLANDFORD…AMHERST…
NORTHAMPTON…SPRINGFIELD…JAFFREY…KEENE
354 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT…
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE…INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT…HARTFORD CT.
IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS…EASTERN FRANKLIN MA…EASTERN
HAMPDEN MA…EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA…WESTERN FRANKLIN MA…
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA AND WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA. IN SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE…CHESHIRE NH.
* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY
MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF DROPPING 2
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. WHILE THERE IS POTENTIAL
ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA…IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST RISK
IS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES.
* THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO EXACTLY HOW EVERYTHING WILL UNFOLD
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING SO STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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