Abington Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 515 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

...TORRENTIAL RAINS EXPECTED AGAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL STREAM AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT
THROUGH THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...FAR SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE...AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS RHODE ISLAND AND
MUCH OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OR
FLASH FLOODING.
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ011-015-241730-
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
514 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN
  NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN
  CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN
  MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA...
  EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA...NORTHERN
  WORCESTER MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA...
  WESTERN HAMPDEN MA AND WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA. IN SOUTHERN NEW
  HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH
  NH.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* A COLD FRONT MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARDS THE WATCH AREA WILL
  PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO
  THURSDAY EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
  TORRENTIAL RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.
* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...
  BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. ISOLATED TOTALS OF 6 TO 8
  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR TORRENTIAL
  DOWNPOURS...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING EXISTS AS WELL...
  ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.
THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BOX.
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.
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