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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
336 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...
  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 328 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA AND MORE HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY.  SMALL STREAMS WERE
  ALREADY SHOWING SHARP RISES...AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA. URBAN
  FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THIS AREA...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
  WORCESTER.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WORCESTER...LEOMINSTER...FITCHBURG...CLINTON... AYER...
  PEPPERELL...HOLDEN...STERLING... LANCASTER...ASHBY AND GROTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR RAPID AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING. IN URBAN AREAS AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS AND OBEY
ROAD CLOSURES. THOSE LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&

LAT...LON 4269 7146 4253 7155 4224 7179 4218 7195
      4225 7219 4269 7206

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