For the second time in five days, roads in Westmoreland and surrounding towns were devastated by flash flooding after a series of torrential downpours. Up to five inches of rain fell in a three hour period, forcing the evacuation of several homes and undermining roadways already in the midst of repairs from the flooding that occurred on August 6th.
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For the second time in five days, roads in Westmoreland and surrounding towns were devastated by flash flooding after a series of torrential downpours. Up to five inches of rain fell in a three hour period, forcing the evacuation of several homes and undermining roadways already in the midst of repairs from the flooding that occurred on August 6th. A 14-year old boy was found clinging to branches in Mill Brook after he was sucked under Route 63, but only suffered from minor injuries. The boy was out looking at storm damage when he came too close to a whirlpool near the road.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 250 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 TRAINING SWRS HV DVLPD MNLY W OF THE CCOD CANAL LATE THIS MRNG INTO THE AFTN. A FEW HV PRODUCED UP TO 1.25 IN PCPN ON 88D...WTH TROPICAL Z/R RELATIONSHIP INVOKED. LOCALIZED BRIEF DOWNPOURS EXPECTED WTH THESE. ATTM...ACTIVITY CONFINED TO CNTRL/WRN SXNS OF CWA. ANOTHER AREA OF SWRS/TSTMS SEEN OFF THE NJ CST ON REGIONAL RADAR HAS BEEN DISSIPATING...WHILE ANOTHER AREA IS POISED TO MOV NRD OFF THE OUTER BANK AND VA CAPES. WV IMAGERY SHOWS THIS FEATURE NICELY. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)... CONVEYOR BELT OF TROPICAL MOIST UP THE ERN SEABOARD CONTS TNGT/MON AS STAGNANT UPR LVL PTTN CONTS. ETA/GFS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON GENERAL PLACEMENT OF PCPN AREA WORKING UP THE ERN SEABOARD TNGT. WL GO CLOSER TO ETA ON THIS...AND HV MNTND AT LEAST LKLY FOR MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WTH CAT OVR SRN SXNS OF CWA. THIS AREA WL LIFT N ON MON...WTH DMNSHG PCPN FM S-N DRNG AFTN. MARINE...WNDS AT KFMH GUSTING OVR 30 KT THIS AFTN...XPCT WND TO DMNSH AS SUN SETS AND MIXING LAYER LIFTS. HWVR...SEAS HV BEEN BUILDING ALNG S CST...REPORT OF 5 FT SEAS FM RI SOUND...SO WL KEEP SCA GOING FOR SEAS ON THE S SOUNDS. WL TAKE DOWN SCA FOR NARRA BAY. AVIATION...MAINLY VFR TO START OFF...XCPT MVFR-IFR CIGS OVR CCOD. HV MNTND TEMPO GROUPS OF MVFR VSBYS FOR KORH WWD WTH PASSING MOD-HVY SWRS. WTH A LOT OF LL MOIST ON ETA BUFKIT CONTG...HV BROUGHT BACK LOW CLDS INTO ALL TAF SITES AFT 00Z...WTH IFR CIGS/VSBY TOWARD MON MRNG. WL KEEP MVFR CIGS GOING AFTER SUNRISE AS WELL...AND XPCT UPDATE WL INCLUDE VSBY RESTRICTIONS FOR PCPN/BR. EVT .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)... LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE SUGGESTING A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...BUT STALLS ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. AT THIS TIME...WILL EASE INTO THIS WITH A FCST THAT MOVES INTO NW PORTIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN DRIFTS SE WITH TIME... FINALLY DRYING OUT SOMETIME WED NIGHT OR THU. UNTIL THEN WILL KEEP FCST MORE OF THE SAME...WITH SCATTERED DOWNPOURS...AND MUGGY. .MARINE...LITTLE CHANGING ON THE MARINE FCST. SEAS SLOWLY SUBSIDE...WITH WINDS GENERALLY 10 TO 20 KTS. .BOX... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. RI...NONE. NH...NONE. MARINE...SCA OUTER WATERS MONTAUK-PROVINCETOWN AND S SOUNDS.
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001-002-004>008-111200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 602 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE... MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR RIP TIDES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST. PLEASE SEE OUR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (BOSSPSBOX) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ANY PHONE CALLS FROM LIFEGUARDS OR OTHER PERSONNEL WITH INFORMATION ON RIP TIDES ON SOUTHERN COASTAL SECTIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL. FOR WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY THRESHOLDS, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING LINK (ALL LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX/WARNINGCRITERIA.SHTML . FRANK
The Boston radar (KBOX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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