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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1155 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



CTC011-151615-

NEW LONDON CT-

1155 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NEW LONDON COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM

EDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF 

RAIN IN ONE HOUR HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

INTERSTATE 395.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY.





LAT...LON 4135 7185 4165 7179 4160 7244 4128 7234



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