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FPUS71 KBOX 230858
NOWBOX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
357 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003

ANZ230>237-250-255-290-CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-
231300-
.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
357 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003

.NOW...
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  AT 330 AM...A PARTICULARLY LARGE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND...MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND UNTIL AROUND 8 AM.  THESE
RAINS WILL OCCUR WITH COOL TEMPERATURES SO THAT SNOWMELT WILL REMAIN
MINIMAL OVERNIGHT BUT...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY DEVELOP TOWARD 4
OR 5 AM IN A FEW SPOTS.

$$

MCJ