[HCRA] Wx for Friday

[et-n1qko@juno.com]

Hello to all...

Please stay alert to the threat of possible flooding and tstorms for
tomorrow. SKYWARN Activation may occur Friday if these threats
materialize.
See Hazardous WX Outlook below:

FLUS41 KBOX 190924
HWOBOX
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-NHZ011-012-RIZ001>007-201015-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
425 AM EST THU DEC 19 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...
MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY...NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND
RHODE ISLAND.

.TODAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FRIDAY ACCOMPANIED BY 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND A CHANCE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS.  LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS.  IN ADDITION...THERE IS A LOW RISK OF RIVER AND STREAM 
FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CHARLES AND MERRIMACK RIVER 
VALLEYS.  FLOOD GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 12 
HOURS COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING.  AT THIS TIME...AMOUNTS OF 
AROUND 1 INCH ARE LIKELY BUT THERE IS A SMALL PROBABILITY THAT 
LOCALIZED RAINFALL COULD EXCEED 1.5 INCHES.  

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 
TIME FRAME AS GENERALLY COLD BUT DRY WEATHER PREVAILS.

THERE STILL EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF 
OF THE REGION LATER CHRISTMAS DAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS 
TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS...HOWEVER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TOMORROW SHOULD ORGANIZED 
HEAVY RAINFALL AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.
$$


FOR WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY THRESHOLDS, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING
LINK (ALL LOWER CASE):
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/BOX/WARNINGCRITERIA.SHTML .

VALLEE/NOCERA

73,Rob-KD1CY.
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator for NWS Taunton
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