Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 13, 2003, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Whole counties

County Plymouth County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KBOX 132150
FFWBOX
MAC023-140045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
551 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
    INCLUDING PLYMOUTH

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.

* AT 548 PM EDT...SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH
  FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AROUND PLYMOUTH.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH
  TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE MOVING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT
OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.

FLASH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. CULVERTS ALONG ROADSIDES MAY BE WASHED OUT. STANDING WATER
ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY UNDERPASSES MAY RISE TO SEVERAL FEET IN
DEPTH SUBMERGING MOST VEHICLES.

$$

LAT...LON 4161 7080 4163 7085 4203 7082 4201 7067
          4195 7055 4186 7052 4179 7055

BELK

000 
WGUS71 KBOX 132244
FFSBOX
MAC023-140045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
643 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH 
COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM...

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEAST PLYMOUTH COUNTY IS 
GRADUALLY WEAKENING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 
THROUGH 730 PM.  A FEW LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN 
INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM.  SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE 
HIGH FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY RECEDING AFTER 8 PM.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT
OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY.

$$

THOMPSON

000 
WGUS71 KBOX 140039
FFSBOX
MAC023-140245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
840 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PLYMOUTH COUNTY IS CANCELED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND MAJOR STREET 
FLOODING HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND SMALL STREAMS HAVE HAD 
TIME TO BEGIN TO RECEDE.  CLEARING SKIES ARE IN STORE TONIGHT WITH A 
COUPLE OF DRY DAYS IN STORE FOR THE REGION.

$$

THOMPSON

Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.