Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Issued

Jul 27, 2015, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)

Expired

Jul 27, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Boston/Norton, MA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA

The Albany radar (KENX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS51 KBOX 271713
FFWBOX
MAC011-015-272015-
/O.NEW.KBOX.FF.W.0009.150727T1713Z-150727T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
113 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 109 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
  DEERFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...CONWAY...ASHFIELD...GOSHEN AND 
  CUMMINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE 
THREATENING FLOODING. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS OR 
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME DEADLY IN FLASH FLOODING.  CAMPERS...HIKERS 
AND OTHERS NER SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4248 7288 4256 7282 4254 7264 4241 7272

$$

THOMPSON

253 
WGUS71 KBOX 271747
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
147 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2015

MAC011-015-272015-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150727T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMPSHIRE MA-FRANKLIN MA-
147 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE AND WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 140 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING OF A FEW SMALL 
STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGES REMAIN LIKELY. SHARP RISES SHOULD BE 
EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND SWIFT RIVERS AS WELL AS ALONG SMITH 
BROOK IN THE ASHFIELD...CONWAY AND GOSHEN AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATE THAT AT LEAST 2 TO 2.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST 
COUPLE OF HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE 
THREATENING FLOODING. CAMPERS AND OTHERS NEAR SMALL STREAMS IN THE 
WARNING AREA MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY...IF NOT DONE 
SO ALREADY.

&&

LAT...LON 4248 7288 4256 7282 4254 7264 4241 7272

$$

THOMPSON

234 
WGUS71 KBOX 271928
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
328 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2015

MAC011-015-271938-
/O.CAN.KBOX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150727T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HAMPSHIRE MA-FRANKLIN MA-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE AND WEST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 4248 7288 4256 7282 4254 7264 4241 7272

$$

RLG

Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.