WWUS81 KBOX 201206
SPSBOX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
706 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2009
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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-
BLOCK ISLAND 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...BLOCK ISLAND
706 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2009
...HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...
AT 7 AM A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ACROSS THE WORCESTER HILLS SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND
LONG ISLAND. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO RHODE
ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 8 AM. EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS YIELDING UP TO A QUICK INCH OF RAINFALL IN
JUST ONE HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN MINOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING FOR
THE MORNING COMMUTE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PROVIDENCE TO BOSTON I95
CORRIDOR.
RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM FROM WEST TO EAST
WITH DRY WEATHER TO FOLLOW FOR THE LATE DAY COMMUTE.  
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