Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

061 
WGUS71 KBOX 011802
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
202 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

MAC011-015-027-012045-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110801T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WORCESTER MA-FRANKLIN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-
202 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
WORCESTER COUNTIES...

AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNING AREA.  THE STORM PRODUCING 
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SLID SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF 
AMHERST...AS WELL AS BELCHERTOWN AND VICINITY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO OCCURRING JUST TO THE NORTH. LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 230 PM...AND AS 
A RESULT FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

THE MAIN THREAT IS URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND QUICK AND SUBSTANTIAL 
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 
HOWEVER...SOME SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4248 7255 4247 7228 4224 7233 4229 7259

$$

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656 
WGUS71 KBOX 011840
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
240 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

MAC011-015-027-012045-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110801T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WORCESTER MA-FRANKLIN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-
240 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
WORCESTER COUNTIES...

AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING THE LEVERETT TO AMHERST 
AREA AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK 
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 3 PM. 

THE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS WILL BRING A CONTINUED THREAT FOR FLASH 
FLOODING.  THE MAIN THREAT IS SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE 
FLOODING...HOWEVER SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A THREAT. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHUTESBURY...
PELHAM...LEVERETT AND AMHERST

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4248 7255 4247 7228 4224 7233 4229 7259

$$

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282 
WGUS71 KBOX 011932
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
332 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

MAC011-015-027-012045-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110801T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WORCESTER MA-FRANKLIN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-
332 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
WORCESTER COUNTIES...

AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE BELCHERTOWN 
AREA...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS. AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A 
THREAT. 

TO THE NORTHWEST...RECENT HEAVY RAINS MAY ALLOW FOR A CONTINUED 
PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR 
DRAINAGE AREAS.  SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS. 

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT 
THE AREA AS THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WEAR ON. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHUTESBURY...
PELHAM...LEVERETT AND AMHERST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4248 7255 4247 7228 4224 7233 4229 7259

$$

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