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896 WGUS61 KBOX 290819 FFABOX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 419 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2015 ...A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... CTZ002>004-MAZ002>012-014-026-291630- /O.NEW.KBOX.FA.A.0003.150930T0600Z-151001T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD... ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON... SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER 419 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. RAINFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...WHICH MAY ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AREA FORECAST AT THIS TIME. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. * FLOODING OF URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS IS THE GREATEST THREAT. SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH FAST RESPONSE TIMES ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING DUE TO RAPID RUNOFF FROM INTENSE RAINFALL RATES. WIDESPREAD MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING SHOULD REMAIN IN THEIR BANKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$