Flash Flood Warning

FFWBOX

The National Weather Service in Norton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Hartford County in northern Connecticut... Northwestern Tolland County in northern Connecticut... West Central Worcester County in central Massachusetts... Southeastern Franklin County in western Massachusetts... Southeastern Hampden County in western Massachusetts... Southeastern Hampshire County in western Massachusetts...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 550 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 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 thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

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, Amherst, Ludlow, South Hadley, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Ellington, Belchertown, Wilbraham, Palmer, Stafford, Athol, Somers, Ware, Monson, Granby, Hadley and Hampden.