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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
604 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

MAZ012-013-017>020-RIZ001>005-172300-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN KENT RI-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-BRISTOL RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-
604 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPRAOCHING RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORWOOD TO
DOUGLAS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF BROOKLINE
TO 11 MILES WEST OF WOONSOCKET...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PROVIDENCE...BROCKTON...TAUNTON...WOONSOCKET...ATTLEBOROUGH...
FRANKLIN...NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH...PLYMOUTH...AVON...EASTON...
CRANSTON...PAWTUCKET...BERKLEY...FREETOWN...SEEKONK...EAST
PROVIDENCE...BLACKSTONE...MILLVILLE...NORTH SMITHFIELD AND NORTH
PROVIDENCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET INDOORS WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE...SUCH AS DOWNED BRANCHES. MINOR URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

&&

 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...
CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE AND ISLAND.

LAT...LON 4174 7133 4175 7136 4179 7137 4174 7138
      4167 7178 4202 7180 4216 7123 4208 7064
      4205 7067 4203 7062 4204 7066 4202 7068
      4201 7067 4200 7060 4199 7060 4201 7071
      4195 7066 4195 7058 4188 7053
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 292DEG 23KT 4219 7116 4204 7173

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