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FPUS71 KBOX 140128
NOWBOX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
927 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

ANZ230>237-250-255-290-CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-
140230-
.OUTLOOK FOR MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO WATCH HILL RI...OUT TO 25 NM-
BARNSTABLE-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-BOSTON HARBOR-BRISTOL RI-BUZZARDS BAY-
CAPE COD BAY-CHATHAM MA TO WATCH HILL RI...OUT TO 25 NM-CHESHIRE-
DUKES-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN HAMPDEN-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE-EASTERN KENT-EASTERN PLYMOUTH-EASTERN PROVIDENCE-
EXTREME EASTERN NORFOLK-EXTREME SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH-HARTFORD-
HILLSBOROUGH-MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO CHATHAM MA...OUT TO 25 NM-
NANTUCKET-NANTUCKET SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-NEWPORT-NORTHERN BRISTOL-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN WORCESTER-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-
SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN BRISTOL-SOUTHERN WORCESTER-SUFFOLK-
TOLLAND-VINEYARD SOUND-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN HAMPDEN-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE-WESTERN KENT-WESTERN NORFOLK-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH-WESTERN PROVIDENCE-WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...BARRINGTON...BLANDFORD...
BOSTON...BROCKTON...CHESTERFIELD...COVENTRY...FRAMINGHAM...
FRANKLIN...GLOUCESTER...GREENFIELD...HARTFORD...HYANNIS...KEENE...
LOWELL...MANCHESTER...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET...NEW BEDFORD...
NEWPORT...ORANGE...PLYMOUTH...PROVIDENCE...QUINCY...SHELBURNE...
SPRINGFIELD...STORRS...TAUNTON...WAREHAM...WARWICK...WESTERLY...
WILLIMANTIC...WOONSOCKET...WORCESTER
927 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

.NOW...
...DROUGHT DENTING RAINS WERE EASING BUT ONE MORE BATCH OF
SUBSTANTIAL SHOWERS ARE LIKELY BETWEEN 11 PM AND 3 AM...

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING HAS
AVERAGED BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH
COAST...TO BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF AND TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES
OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE RAIN HAD ESSENTIALLY TAPERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE
OVER CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND THE WEST TWO THIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

HOWEVER...ANOTHER BATCH OF FAST MOVING SUBSTANTIVE SHOWERS IN EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD MOVE INTO THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY AROUND
11 PM THEN INTO WORCESTER...PROVIDENCE AND MANCHESTER BETWEEN 1130 PM
AND MIDNIGHT.

MEANWHILE...DRENCHING THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW LEAVING THE OUTER CAPE
AND NANTUCKET. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 6 TO 8 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN
IN AN HOUR THIS EVENING. THE REMAINING LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS
COVERING COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS MAY TAPER TO DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF
DENSE FOG BETWEEN 1030 AND 11 PM.

BUT...THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA TO JUST
SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY AT 925 PM WILL PROBABLY SPREAD ACROSS
SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...THE CAPE AND ISLANDS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND
1230 AM.

TRAVELERS SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING
OVERNIGHT.

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DRAG