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FPUS71 KBOX 292218
NOWBOX
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
616 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2001

CTZ003-004-MAZ012-013-017-RIZ001-002-292345-
NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE
RI-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WINDHAM CT-
616 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2001

.NOW...
AT 615 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN MIXED 
WITH 1/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS NEAR SMITHFIELD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES 
WEST OF PROVIDENCE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS 
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR BLACKSTONE AT 625 PM...THEN LINCOLN... 
CUMBERLAND AT 630 PM...CENTRAL FALLS AT 635 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MIXED WITH HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SMALL HAIL 
WERE MOVING FROM NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT ACROSS NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND 
AND HEADING INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS NEAR THE 
ATTLEBOROS.&&

A WIND GUST TO 35 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE TORRENTS OF RAIN. ONE HALF 
INCH OF RAIN CAN FALL IN 10 MINUTES AS IT DID IN BOLTON CONNECTICUT. 
BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IN THUNDERSTORMS. 
$$
DRAG