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Flash Flood Warning

Issued At: Thursday, 02 Jul 2009, 6:32 AM EDT
Expires At: Thursday, 02 Jul 2009, 8:30 AM EDT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...PLAINFIELD... * UNTIL 830 AM EDT * AT 627 AM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR UNTIL 830 AM. THREE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CAUSE BROOKS AND SMALL STREAMS TO RISE AT OR ABOVE BANKFUL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...INCLUDING ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IS ALSO EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

Areas affected: Windham


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