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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1240 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.



* AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH IS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS   

  THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO  

  ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR BETWEEN MINEOLA AND EAST MEADOW.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN

  AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER        

  DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL       

  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GARDEN CITY...LEVITTOWN...MINEOLA...

  WESTBURY...HEMPSTEAD...HICKSVILLE...BETHPAGE...CARLE PLACE...

  EAST MEADOW...EAST WILLISTON...HERRICKS AND NEW HYDE PARK.



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 4076 7346 4068 7347 4070 7371 4077 7366



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