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Areal Flood Advisory valid from Aug 4 12 4:23 PM to 7:15 PM EDT

Sent to SMS and E-Mail at Aug 4 12 4:19 PM EDT

Radar Time: Aug 4 2012 4:25 PM EDT

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WGUS81 KBOX 042023
FLSBOX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
423 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012

MAC011-015-042315-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRANKLIN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-
423 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  NORTHWESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 420 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN
  WESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES. TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THESE 
  STORMS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN MUCH OF THE
  ADVISORY AREA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE BERKSHIRE COUNTY
  LINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING 
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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LAT...LON 4253 7297 4255 7298 4259 7297 4259 7286
      4274 7286 4273 7266 4255 7272 4245 7281
      4238 7292 4241 7297 4247 7300

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