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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
129 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

CTZ002-MAZ002-003-008>011-NHZ011-231930-
HARTFORD CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-CHESHIRE NH-
129 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING CONNECTICUT
VALLEY REGION...

AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS...MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER
VALLEY.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS INTO THE
GREATER HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD AND GREENFIELD AREAS...AS WELL AS FAR
SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...CAUSING BRIEF BUT
SHARP REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARTFORD...NEW BRITAIN...WEST HARTFORD...BRISTOL...
CHICOPEE...EAST HARTFORD...MANCHESTER...NEWINGTON...NORTHAMPTON...
KEENE...AMHERST...GREENFIELD...WINDSOR LOCKS...BELLOWS FALLS...
JAFFREY...VERNON...EAST LONGMEADOW...FARMINGTON AND PLAINVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SIGNS OF THREATENING
WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO GO INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH.

&&

LAT...LON 4215 7307 4214 7305 4263 7295 4274 7302
      4273 7246 4288 7256 4316 7245 4318 7216
      4273 7193 4272 7228 4264 7222 4234 7232
      4203 7213 4203 7251 4159 7242 4165 7253
      4156 7294 4180 7302 4197 7289 4197 7303

$$

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