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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

314 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



NYC059-103-151945-

NASSAU NY-SUFFOLK NY-

314 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES

UNTIL 345 PM EDT...



AT 312 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR STILL INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS SUFFOLK COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NASSAU 

AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CENTEREACH...COMMACK...HUNTINGTON...HUNTINGTON 

STATION...MIDDLE ISLAND...NORTHPORT...PORT JEFFERSON...AND STONY 

BROOK. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 

PM...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.



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 4109 7276 4092 7265 4073 7371 4087 7374



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