FLASH FLOOD WARNING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS... SOUTHWESTERN NORFOLK COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... NORTH CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 1121 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. * THE MAIN THREAT IS URBAN FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS RAPID INUNDATION OF OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HOWEVER...SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PAWTUCKET...TAUNTON...EAST PROVIDENCE...WOONSOCKET...CUMBERLAND... NORTH PROVIDENCE...FRANKLIN...JOHNSTON...NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH...STOUGHTON...ATTLEBORO...MANSFIELD...EASTON...SMITHFIELD...LINCOLN...CENTRAL FALLS...NORTON...SHARON...FOXBOROUGH BELLINGHAM...BARRINGTON...BURRILLVILLE...SWANSEA... SEEKONK...UXBRIDGE...NORTH SMITHFIELD...REHOBOTH...NORFOLK...WRENTHAM AND GLOCESTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IS IMMINENT. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AND FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND OBEY ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE NEAR SMALL STREAMS MUST HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:44:08 +0000
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