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Flash Flood Warning

Statement as of 2:01 PM EDT on May 23, 2013

Expires 4:00 PM EDT on May 23, 2013


The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
northwestern Hampden County in western Massachusetts...
central and western Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...
Franklin County in western Massachusetts...

* until 400 PM EDT

* at 158 PM EDT... Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain within the warned area. Radar indicates rainfall rates
of up to one inch in 15 minutes. As a result... flash flooding is
expected in the warned area. Urban areas will be particularly at
risk.

* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
Greenfield... Huntington... Williamsburg... Chesterfield...
Westhampton... Goshen... Leyden... Deerfield... East Windsor...
Bernardston... Warwick... Middlefield... Chester... Buckland...
Colrain... Hawley... Worthington... Shelburne... Ashfield... Heath...
Cummington... Charlemont... Plainfield... Sunderland... Conway...
Whately... Northfield... Gill... Montague and Erving.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Heavy rainfall will cause rapid flooding of small streams... streets
and underpasses... including low lying and poor drainage areas. Do not
drive through flooded roads.

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 4238 7301 4239 7301 4261 7296 4274 7289
      4272 7228 4268 7227 4266 7223 4219 7287
      4227 7300 4231 7300 4231 7303 4233 7306
      4238 7307


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Special Statement

Statement as of 1:29 PM EDT on May 23, 2013

Expires 3:30 PM EDT on 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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