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Fri Jun 2 08:00:54 EDT 2006

Hello to all….

….Thursday’s severe weather event in and around the Massachusetts
Turnpike with pockets of flash flooding will now give way to the threat
for Heavy Rainfall over a large portion of Southern New England….

….A Flash Flood Warning is in effect until 3 AM for Northern Hillsborough
County New Hampshire. Any reports of flash flooding in Hillsborough
County NH from any public safety that is up at night to report it would
be appreciated….

….A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 6 AM for Cheshire and
Hillsborough Counties in New Hampshire….

….A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Saturday Morning for Northern
Connecticut, Eastern Hampden and Southern Worcester Counties of
Massachusetts and from Essex and Central Middlesex Counties southeast
through Bristol and Plymouth Counties of Massachusetts as well as all of
Rhode Island….

….SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton likely for the Friday
Afternoon through Saturday Afternoon timeframe……

After today’s severe weather and pockets of flash flooding that affected
Northern Connecticut and Southwest, South-Central and East-Central
Massachusetts, the event will be changing characteristics to a convective
heavy rain event and then a widespread heavy rain event later Friday into
Saturday Morning. A Flash Flood Warning has been posted until 3 AM for
Northern Hillsborough County NH. Since it is the middle of the night, it
is too dangerous to have spotters check out potential flooded areas. If
Amateur Radio and other SKYWARN Spotters who are involved in public
safety can pass on reports of road closures, washouts or any river/stream
flooding in the Flash Flood Warning area, it would be greatly
appreciated. A Flash Flood Watch continues for Cheshire and Hillsborough
Counties in New Hampshire until 6 AM.

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Saturday Morning for Northern
Connecticut, all of Rhode Island, Southwest and South-Central
Massachusetts, and Eastern Massachusetts from Essex and Central Middlesex
Counties of Massachusetts through to the South Coast of Massachusetts. At
this time total rainfall over a widespread area of 1-2.5” with localized
amounts in an axis of 3-5” where thunderstorms setup over the same area.
It is impossible to know where this axis of heavier rainfall will setup
over the region. It will only take 2 inches of rain in an hour to cause
flash flooding. The situation will need to be monitored closely
throughout Friday into Saturday. Right now, it appears the heaviest rain
will occur Friday Night into Saturday Morning.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton is likely for much of the
Friday Afternoon through Saturday Afternoon timeframe. Will attempt to
post updates on SKYWARN status via email and pager when possible. Below
is the Flash Flood Warning Statement for Hillsborough County NH and Flash
Flood Watch Statement from NWS Taunton:

WGUS51 KBOX 020301

FFWBOX

NHC011-020700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1058 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH  

  FLOODING AFFECTING NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...FROM DEERING TO  

  GOFFSTOWN.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE

  PAST 3 HOURS AND THIS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

  ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS.

GOFFSTOWN POLICE REPORTED THAT REPORTS OF STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE

FLOODING WILL LIKELY FORCE THE CLOSURE OF ROADS IN THE AREA DURING

THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.  

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT WHEN THE

HEAVY RAINS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF.  

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. THE

ROAD COULD BE DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT.

LAT...LON 4309 7194 4286 7189 4295 7134 4317 7141

$$

DRV

WGUS61 KBOX 020154

FFABOX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

954 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...

.A SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW

ENGLAND THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...PERIODS

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY

PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS HIGHEST ACROSS CHESHIRE AND

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING

WILL BE HIGHEST ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND MUCH

OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

NHZ011-012-015-021000-

/O.EXB.KBOX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060602T1000Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-

WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...

PETERBOROUGH...WEARE

954 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW 

  HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN NEW 

  HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH AND WESTERN 

  AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH.

* UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN AFFECTING CHESHIRE AND

  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE

  TO REFORM OVER SOUTHERN VERMONT AND WILL TRAVEL EAST OVERNIGHT

  PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE AREA.

* SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING AND URBAN FLASH FLOODING ARE THE MAIN

  CONCERNS WITH THIS RAINFALL EVENT OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2.5

  INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN A NARROW CORRIDOR FROM ABOUT SWANZEY TO

  JAFFREY SOUTHEAST TO NASHUA. ANOTHER LOCALIZED 1 TO 2 INCHES

  COULD FALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT

  RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN A 3 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD COULD LEAD TO

  FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND ON SOME SMALL STREAMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD

TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE

PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ011-012-021000-

/O.EXA.KBOX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060603T1500Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-

SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...

VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER

954 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHERN 

  CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN 

  MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 

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

  CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA IN WESTERN 

  MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

  DOWNPOURS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WHILE IT

  WILL NOT RAIN CONTINUOUSLY DURING THIS PERIOD...THE VERY MOIST AIR

  MASS IN PLACE WILL ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL

  DOWNPOURS...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR. THE

  COMBINATION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING ALONG

  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY INTO EARLY

  SATURDAY COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND IN URBAN

  AREAS.

* FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 6

  HOUR PERIOD OR JUST 2 INCHES IN A 1 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD COULD LEAD TO

  FLASH FLOODING. THE AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL BE

  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THESE AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS FORM AND

  MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD

TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE

PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

MAZ005>007-013>021-RIZ001>007-021000-

/O.CON.KBOX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060603T1500Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-

WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-

EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-

EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-

NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-

EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...

GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...

TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...

MATTAPOISETT...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...

WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...

NEWPORT

954 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...

  SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND...NORTHERN 

  RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING THE 

  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX 

  MA...EASTERN NORFOLK MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SUFFOLK MA 

  AND WESTERN NORFOLK MA IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN 

  ESSEX MA AND WESTERN ESSEX MA IN SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...

  EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN BRISTOL 

  MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA IN CENTRAL 

  RHODE ISLAND...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN KENT RI AND WESTERN KENT 

  RI IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI AND 

  SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI IN SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...NEWPORT RI 

  AND WASHINGTON RI.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE

  AREA INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WHILE IT WILL NOT RAIN CONTINUOUSLY

  DURING THIS PERIOD...THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL ALLOW

  SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WITH UP TO 2

  INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR. ONLY 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 1 HOUR

  IS NEEDED TO INITIATE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME PORTIONS OF EASTERN

  MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...ESPECIALLY URBAN AREAS.

* SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING AND URBAN FLASH FLOODING ARE THE MAIN

  CONCERNS WITH THIS RAINFALL EVENT. BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM MOVES

  EAST SATURDAY...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 2.5

  INCHES BUT WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE

  THUNDERSTORMS FORM AND MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS DURING THIS TIME.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD

TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE

PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

BELK/VALLEE

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)

ARES SKYWARN Coordinator

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator

Pager #: (508) 354-3142

Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)

Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)

Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)

Email Address: rmacedo at rcn.com

http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo

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