FLSBOX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1051 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011

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HAMPSHIRE MA-HAMPDEN MA-
1051 PM EST FRI MAR 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW
  IN...
  HAMPDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPRINGFIELD...CHICOPEE...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

* UNTIL 645 AM EST SATURDAY

* AT 1047 PM EST THE QUABOUG RIVER AT WEST BRIMFIELD CONTINUED TO
FALL FROM ITS CREST OF 7.5 FEET.  HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY NOT FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE UNTIL DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.

* SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN HAMPDEN COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
RECEDE TO WITHIN THEIR BANKS INTO THE DAY SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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LAT...LON 4221 7294 4217 7270 4223 7263 4219 7255
      4218 7237 4215 7226 4214 7215 4204 7216
      4204 7296

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