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WGUS51 KOKX 151804

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CTC011-152000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

200 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY   

  HEAVY RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING SOUTHWEST TO    

  NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL 

  RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS ACTIVITY.  



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GROTON...

  MYSTIC...NEW LONDON...SALEM...CHESTERFIELD...GALES FERRY...LEDYARD

  CENTER...STONINGTON...WATERFORD...EAST LYME...MONTVILLE AND

  NIANTIC.



LOCALLY 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 4 PM.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4151 7234 4126 7233 4132 7179 4153 7181



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