Severe Weather Coordination Message #1 – Wednesday July 8th 2015 Flood/Severe Weather Potential

Hello to all..

..Isolated to Scattered Strong to Severe Thunderstorms likely Wednesday in the late morning through early evening across much of Southern New England. Urban, poor drainage to possibly small stream flooding is the main threat but isolated localized damaging winds or wet microbursts are also possible similar to what occurred in South Deerfield, MA on Tuesday..
..A Flash Flood Watch is now in effect from Wednesday Morning to Wednesday Evening for Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable Counties of Massachusetts and all of Rhode Island except for Block Island for the potential of localized urban and poor drainage flooding to possibly small stream flooding where thunderstorms can produce 1-2″ or more of rainfall in an hour. This Flash Flood Watch could be expanded to other areas on Wednesday depending on where potential strong thunderstorms can setup..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will likely commence at 1100 AM Wednesday to monitor this potential. Below is the NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and the NWS Taunton Local Storm Report and Public Information Statement regarding Tuesday’s microburst in South Deerfield, Mass and the flooding in the Greenfield, Mass area..

NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wgus61.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Local Storm Report – Tuesday July 7th 2015 Severe Weather and Flooding:
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KBOX/1507080157.nwus51.html

NWS Taunton Public Information Statement – South Deerfield, Mass Microburst:
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KBOX/1507080320.nous41.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: (508) 346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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Hello to all..

..Isolated to Scattered Strong to Severe Thunderstorms likely Wednesday in the late morning through early evening across much of Southern New England. Urban, poor drainage to possibly small stream flooding is the main threat but isolated localized damaging winds or wet microbursts are also possible similar to what occurred in South Deerfield, MA on Tuesday..
..A Flash Flood Watch is now in effect from Wednesday Morning to Wednesday Evening for Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable Counties of Massachusetts and all of Rhode Island except for Block Island for the potential of localized urban and poor drainage flooding to possibly small stream flooding where thunderstorms can produce 1-2″ or more of rainfall in an hour. This Flash Flood Watch could be expanded to other areas on Wednesday depending on where potential strong thunderstorms can setup..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will likely commence at 1100 AM Wednesday to monitor this potential. Below is the NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and the NWS Taunton Local Storm Report and Public Information Statement regarding Tuesday’s microburst in South Deerfield, Mass and the flooding in the Greenfield, Mass area..

NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wgus61.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Local Storm Report – Tuesday July 7th 2015 Severe Weather and Flooding:
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KBOX/1507080157.nwus51.html

NWS Taunton Public Information Statement – South Deerfield, Mass Microburst:
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KBOX/1507080320.nous41.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: (508) 346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://beta.wx1box.org
Like us on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/wx1box
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