Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Jun 24, 2008, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Essex County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA

The Boston radar (KBOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WGUS51 KBOX 242136
FFWBOX
MAC009-017-021-025-242200-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0005.080624T2136Z-080624T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
536 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LYNN...LAWRENCE...
  EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALTHAM...SOMERVILLE...NEWTON...
  LOWELL...CAMBRIDGE...
  NORTH CENTRAL NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKLINE...
  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOSTON...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 534 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   
  IN WOBURN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.  SHOWERS AND   
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING HEAVY     
  RAINFALL.  THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE 
  AREAS.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILMINGTON...TOPSFIELD...TEWKSBURY...READING...PEABODY...NORTH
  READING...NORTH ANDOVER...MIDDLETON...LYNNFIELD...GEORGETOWN...
  DRACUT...DANVERS...BOXFORD...BILLERICA AND ANDOVER

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4245 7093 4227 7106 4227 7134 4268 7135
      4278 7087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 180DEG 0KT 4253 7105

$$

RLG

000 
WGUS71 KBOX 242156
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
556 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008

MAC009-017-021-025-242205-
/O.EXP.KBOX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080624T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESSEX MA-NORFOLK MA-SUFFOLK MA-MIDDLESEX MA-
556 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
MIDDLESEX...SUFFOLK...NORTH CENTRAL NORFOLK AND WESTERN ESSEX
COUNTIES...

THE STORMS THAT RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING ARE MOVING OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.  AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
THE AREA.
 
LAT...LON 4245 7093 4227 7106 4227 7134 4268 7135
      4278 7087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 180DEG 0KT 4253 7105

$$

RLG

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