Flash Flood Watch in effect for Eastern Essex Ma, including Peabody until 6 PM Wed July 14th. Watch for local alerts. 
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Flash Flood Watch for Eastern Essex, MA
from 10 pm EDT, Tue., Jul. 13, 2010 until 6 pm EDT, Wed., Jul. 14, 2010
Issued by The National Weather Service
Boston, MA
3:03 am EDT, Tue., Jul. 13, 2010
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT... PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... AND MOST OF RHODE ISLAND.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.
* URBAN AREAS OF RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ARE MOST AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. RAPID RISES WILL ALSO OCCUR ON SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS... SOME OF WHICH MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPID FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IS POSSIBLE. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... INCLUDING UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED
Address/Location
Peabody Police Department
6 Allens Lane
Peabody, MA 01960
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 978-531-1212
Peabody Police Department
[email protected]
978-538-6300