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WGUS71 KBOX 051856
FFSBOX

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

MAC001-005-023-RIC001-005-052000-
/O.CON.KBOX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120905T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEWPORT RI-BRISTOL RI-PLYMOUTH MA-BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-
256 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 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...

AT 256 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS 
ROADWAYS AND STREETS REMAIN CLOSED AS A RESULT OF SIGNIFICANT 
STANDING WATER. THUS THE FLASH WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 4 
PM.

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...

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.

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.

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 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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