Updated: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:57:10
HANNA EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND...
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-
BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...
SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...
FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...
PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...AYER...JAFFREY...
KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...
NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND
1207 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND
WINDHAM CT. IN MASSACHUSETTS...BARNSTABLE MA...CENTRAL
MIDDLESEX MA...DUKES MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA...EASTERN FRANKLIN
MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...EASTERN
NORFOLK MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...NANTUCKET MA...NORTHERN
BRISTOL MA...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA...NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...
SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN
PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...SUFFOLK MA...WESTERN
ESSEX MA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA...WESTERN HAMPDEN MA...WESTERN
HAMPSHIRE MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA. IN
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH
AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH. IN RHODE ISLAND...
BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI...NEWPORT RI...
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON
RI AND WESTERN KENT RI.
* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN DURING THIS WEEKEND...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THE
FIRST ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WELL AHEAD OF HANNA. A SECOND ROUND
OF HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING AS HANNA APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.
* IN MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND...AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT A TOTAL
WEEKEND RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS FORECAST...WITH SCATTERED 8
INCH TOTALS.
* IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE A TOTAL WEEKEND RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
IS FORECAST...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. MUCH OF THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING
THE NIGHTTIME. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER
TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.
FOR SAFETYS SAKE...STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND OPENINGS TO
DRAINAGE PIPES. SWIFTLY MOVING WATERS CAN QUICKLY PULL A PERSON
UNDER WATER...CREATING A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
WTB
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Updated: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:57:10
ASHBY...AYER...GROTON...PEPPERELL...
SHIRLEY...TOWNSEND
1205 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008
.NOW...
AT 1 AM...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE
AROUND 70. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
AT 3 AM...CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE AROUND 69.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
AT 5 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE AROUND 69. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
$$
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