Flash Flood Warning

FFWBOX

The National Weather Service in Norton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Franklin County in western Massachusetts... Central Hampden County in western Massachusetts... Southwestern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 258 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Springfield, Chicopee, Enfield, Westfield, Holyoke, Amherst, Northampton, Agawam, West Springfield, Ludlow, South Hadley, Easthampton, Longmeadow, Suffield, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Somers, Southwick, Granby and Southampton.