Hope Valley Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 216 PM EDT THU SEP 04 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT. IN MASSACHUSETTS...
  BARNSTABLE MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA...DUKES MA...EASTERN
  ESSEX MA...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA...EASTERN
  HAMPSHIRE MA...EASTERN NORFOLK MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...
  NANTUCKET MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA...
  NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA...SOUTHERN
  BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...
  SUFFOLK MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA...WESTERN
  HAMPDEN MA...WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA AND
  WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA. IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH...
  EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH
  NH. IN RHODE ISLAND...BLOCK ISLAND RI...BRISTOL RI...EASTERN
  KENT RI...NEWPORT RI...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...SOUTHEAST
  PROVIDENCE RI...WASHINGTON RI AND WESTERN KENT RI.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY
  RAIN DURING THIS WEEKEND...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THE
  FIRST ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
  TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WELL AHEAD OF HANNA. A SECOND
  ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
  SUNDAY MORNING AS HANNA APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. OVER
  THE COURSE OF THIS WEEKEND A WIDESPREAD 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS
  FORECAST IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH SCATTERED 8 INCH TOTALS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. MUCH OF THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THE
NIGHTTIME. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.
FOR SAFETYS SAKE...STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS AND OPENINGS TO DRAINAGE
PIPES. SWIFTLY MOVING WATERS CAN QUICKLY PULL A PERSON UNDER
WATER...CREATING A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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