FLSBOX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1055 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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WINDHAM CT-MIDDLESEX MA-WORCESTER MA-PROVIDENCE RI-
1055 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN PROVIDENCE...WORCESTER...WESTERN MIDDLESEX
AND WINDHAM COUNTIES...

AT 1049 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH IRENE
CONTINUED TO TRACK THROUGH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INTO NORTHEAST
CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND.  THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
LESSEN IN INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  HOWEVER...THE
SIGNIFICANT RAINS HAVE CAUSED SHARP RISES ON SOME AREA RIVERS AND
SMALL STREAMS.

MINOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED ON SOME AREA RIVERS SUCH AS THE MOUNT
HOPE RIVER IN WARRENVILLE CONNECTICUT. THE QUINEBAUG RIVER IN
QUINEBAUG CONNECTICUT MAY ALSO GO INTO MINOR FLOOD.  A RIVER FLOOD
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH NASHUA RIVER AT FITCHBURG...AND
THIS MAY INDUCE FLOODING DOWNRIVER INTO LANCASTER. OTHER SMALL
STREAMS AND RIVERS NOT PROTECTED BY FLOOD CONTROL MAY ALSO GO INTO
FLOOD.

PRIMARILY MINOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER POCKETS OF
MODERATE FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. POCKETS OF SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 4270 7158 4217 7145 4202 7150 4200 7142
      4181 7142 4173 7148 4172 7179 4164 7179
      4166 7217 4173 7225 4175 7215 4195 7222
      4196 7210 4203 7210 4216 7214 4219 7226
      4231 7221 4235 7231 4262 7223 4272 7228

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