Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Aug 13, 2003, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2003, 10:30 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Whole counties

County Bristol County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KBOX 132329
FFWBOX
MAC005-140230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS   
  INCLUDING FALL RIVER

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.

* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR SEEKONK AND            
  SOMERSET. OR JUST NORTHWEST OF FALL RIVER.  THE CLUSTER OF         
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS MOVING         
  SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.

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 VEHICLES.  INTERSTATE 195 AND ROUTE 6 ARE MAJOR 
ROADWAYS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. 

$$

LAT...LON 4179 7111 4173 7118 4151 7100 4167 7088

THOMPSON

000 
WGUS71 KBOX 140104
FFSBOX
MAC005-140300-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BRISTOL COUNTY...

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 
IN EFFECT FOR BRISTOL COUNTY DUE TO ROADS THAT ARE STILL FLOODED.  
REPORTS THUS FAR INDICATE THAT THE HARDEST HIT AREAS INCLUDE 
PORTIONS OF SOMERSET AND FALL RIVER.  A PORTION OF ROUTE 138...IN 
SOMERSET AT BUFFINGTON STREET...WAS REPORTED AS IMPASSABLE DUE TO 
FLOODING.  MAJOR STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON AIRPORT ROAD 
IN FALL RIVER.  CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AS THE WATER HAS A 
CHANCE TO DRAIN. 

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

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.