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WGUS71 KBOX 270126
FFSBOX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
926 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

MAC017-021-025-027-270230-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Middlesex MA-Norfolk MA-Suffolk MA-Worcester MA-
926 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR EASTERN WORCESTER, NORTH CENTRAL NORFOLK, SUFFOLK AND
SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 926 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain. A trained spotter reported that the portion of Route 9 was
flooded up to one foot in Natick. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1.5 inches in 1
hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Newton, Somerville, Framingham,
  Waltham, Brookline, Medford, Revere, Arlington, Everett,
  Marlborough, Chelsea, Natick, Watertown, Needham, Wellesley,
  Dedham and Belmont.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4241 7103 4242 7094 4242 7093 4242 7092
      4231 7091 4231 7092 4223 7133 4218 7160
      4235 7162

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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