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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

427 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 330 PM ACROSS

  PARTS OF SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...AND A SPOTTER REPORTED 2.1 

  INCHES OF RAIN IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...NEW CANAAN...FAIRFIELD...GEORGETOWN...RIDGEFIELD...

  TRUMBULL...WESTPORT...EASTON AND WESTON.



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.



LAT...LON 4130 7321 4111 7321 4111 7372 4121 7348

      4130 7355



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