Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 19, 1991, 12:11 PM EDT (16:11 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 1991, 8:15 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Hampden County, MA

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
1211 PM EDT MON AUG 19 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARTFORD HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
 
   ...HARTFORD COUNTY...TOLLAND COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...WINDHAM COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT
 
   ...NEW LONDON COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...HAMPDEN COUNTY
 
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT
AND HAMPDEN COUNTY OF MASSACHUSETTS DUE TO PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL IN
ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE BOB. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS OF 11 AM WERE IN
THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS AND 1.5 TO 3 INCHES OVER
THE INTERIOR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVERAL
INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING RIVERS AND STREAMS TO
EXCEED THEIR BANKS. ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY TO BE FLOODED.
 
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
CROSSP SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
BUDD

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON MA
720 AM EDT MON AUG 19 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 736 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
...EFFECTIVE TIL 6 PM EDT.

WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF HURRICANE BOB AND VERY UNSTABLE TROPICAL
AIR THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONTITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICEIN BOSTON AROUND 1030 AM EDT.

COTE

Flash Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 1991Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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