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WGUS71 KBOX 051645
FFSBOX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1245 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

MAC001-005-023-RIC001-005-051800-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEWPORT RI-BRISTOL RI-PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-
1245 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL BARNSTABLE...SOUTHERN BRISTOL AND SOUTHERN
PLYMOUTH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL BRISTOL AND EASTERN NEWPORT COUNTIES IN RHODE ISLAND...

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNING AREA.

AT 1239 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED
OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 60 CARS ARE TRAPPED IN FLOOD WATERS IN 
FALL RIVER.  WATER IS BEGINNING TO ENCOMPASS BUILDING. MEDIA AND 
SKYWARN REPORT MANY WATER RESCUES ARE OCCURRING. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAREHAM...
SWANSEA...SOMERSET...ROCHESTER...MIDDLEBOROUGH...MARION...
LAKEVILLE...FREETOWN...FALL RIVER...DIGHTON...CARVER AND BERKLEY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4165 7122 4170 7119 4170 7123 4182 7126
      4197 7069 4181 7055 4172 7070 4172 7071
      4171 7071 4161 7087 4162 7089 4160 7089
      4155 7098 4149 7118

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