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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
414 AM EST THU APR 1 2004

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN MASSACHUSETTS...
EASTERN FRANKLIN...WESTERN FRANKLIN...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN WORCESTER...SOUTHERN WORCESTER...EASTERN HAMPDEN
AND WESTERN HAMPDEN.

IN CONNECTICUT...
HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE AMHERST...BRISTOL...CHICOPEE...EAST
HARTFORD...FITCHBURG...GREENFIELD...HARTFORD...LEOMINSTER...
MANCHESTER...MANSFIELD...MILFORD...NEW BRITAIN...NEWINGTON...
NORTHAMPTON...PLAINFIELD...PUTNAM...SPRINGFIELD...VERNON...WEST
HARTFORD...WILLIMANTIC...WINDSOR LOCKS AND WORCESTER.

RAINFALL OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT
IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND CENTRAL HILLS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND
CONNECTICUT. THIS SAME AREA WAS ALREADY DRENCHED ON WEDNESDAY WITH
RAINFALL BETWEEN AN INCH AND ONE-HALF AND TWO INCHES.  THE RUNNING
OFF OF THIS AMOUNT OF WATER WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
RISE RAPIDLY...AND MAY BE JUST ENOUGH TO NUDGE A FEW OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS.
KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF
A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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WTB