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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

430 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.



* AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 2    

  PER HOUR. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING                

  INCLUDE...DOBBS FERRY...NEW ROCHELLE...NORTH TARRYTOWN...PORT      

  CHESTER...RYE...TARRYTOWN...WHITE                                  

  PLAINS...YONKERS...BRONXVILLE...HARRISON...HAWTHORNE AND           

  SCARSDALE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4111 7389 4101 7389 4092 7390 4088 7376

      4098 7364 4116 7373



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