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WGUS81 KBOX 280609
FLSBOX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
201 AM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

MAC005-023-RIC001-003-005-007-009-280800-
201 AM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  BRISTOL COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BRISTOL...BARRINGTON
  EASTERN KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WARWICK
  NEWPORT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWPORT
  SOUTHEASTERN PROVIDENCE COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN
  BRISTOL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...NEW BEDFORD...FALL RIVER
  SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 201 AM EDT A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH RHODE ISLAND 
WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS AREA OF HEAVY 
RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL ENTER SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN 
230 AM AND 300 AM. EXPECT MINOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING 
ACROSS THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL DIMINISH ACROSS RHODE 
ISLAND AFTER 4 AM...AND WILL LIKELY LINGER IN SOUTHEAST 
MASSACHUSETTS UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND 
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES...OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
LAT...LON 4190 7138 4134 7189 4156 7088 4200 7074

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