Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
330 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 330 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL LINES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE AND NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY OF NEW JERSEY.  ANOTHER
THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN ULSTER COUNTY NEW YORK NEAR
KINGSTON.

THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WHILE THE LINES
WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT WERE
MOVING EAST AND WILL BE EXITING CONNECTICUT BY 415 PM.
ALSO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM EAST
HAVEN CONNECTICUT SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL LONG ISLAND AND WERE SHOWING A
MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND THE WATCH AREA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...
TAKE
COVER QUICKLY.

SEKELSKY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
358 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND...

AT 355 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY
TORRENTIAL RAINS AFFECTING SOUTHEAST RHODE ISLAND FROM NEWPORT TO
LITTLE COMPTON.  THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP HEAVY RAINFALL OF
UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR.  A SPOTTER IN NEWPORT CONTINUED TO REPORT A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STREET FLOODING AND SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING.
CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE BY 430 PM...AS THESE STORMS MOVE
SLOWLY INTO SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...RAIN HAD LIGHTENED UP CONSIDERABLY.
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUE AS FAR WEST AS THE RHODE ISLAND BORDER.
THOUGH THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK IN RAIN...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
HEADING EAST ACROSS COASTAL CONNECTICUT AND MAY AFFECT RHODE ISLAND
EARLY THIS EVENING.
.
IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING TONIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA TIME F>OR THE POTENTIAL
OF MORE HEAVY RAIN.

VALLEE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDENCE RI
503 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RHODE
ISLAND COAST...

AT 450 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY
TORRENTIAL RAINS AFFECTING MUCH OF COASTAL RHODE ISLAND OVER WASHINGTON
AND NEWPORT COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS HAVE DUMPED VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF
RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER NEWPORT COUNTY RESULTING IN STREET FLOODING.  A
WEATHER SPOTTER IN ADAMSVILLE REPORTED 2.1 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM.  ANOTHER SPOTTER IN TIVERTON REPORTED 3 INCHES IN
A 2 HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN 230 AND 430 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND
OCCASIONAL TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WASHINGTON AND
NEWPORT COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS THE RHODE ISLAND COAST EARLY THIS EVENING...
USE EXTRA CAUTION AND TIME DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODED ROADS.

CADIMA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
525 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT HAS EXPIRED...

AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW LONDON COUNTY.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE CAUSED SOME POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE
NEW LONDON AND GROTON AREA AND ON UP INTO NORWICH.  THE MOVEMENT OF
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LITCHFIELD
COUNTY.  BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE CONTINUES
TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADS.
SEKELSKY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
525 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT HAS EXPIRED...

AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW LONDON COUNTY.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE CAUSED SOME POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE
NEW LONDON AND GROTON AREA AND ON UP INTO NORWICH.  THE MOVEMENT OF
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LITCHFIELD
COUNTY.  BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE CONTINUES
TO MOVE EASTWARD AC6ROSS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADS.
SEKELSKY
...CORRECTED FOR HEADER...

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARTFORD CT
525 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT HAS EXPIRED...

AT 525 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW LONDON COUNTY.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE CAUSED SOME POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE
NEW LONDON AND GROTON AREA AND ON UP INTO NORWICH.  THE MOVEMENT OF
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN EAST AT 15 MILE AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LITCHFIELD
COUNTY.  BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE CONTINUES
TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHBWEST CONNECTICUT.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADS.
SEKELSKY
...CORRECTED FOR HEADER...