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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

650 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

  NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

  NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES ARE APPROACHING 2      

  INCHES PER HOUR ALONG AND AROUND INTERSTATE 95.



* 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 WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...CHESTER...GROTON...GUILFORD...MYSTIC...NEW HAVEN...NEW

  LONDON...BETHANY...BRANFORD...EAST HADDAM...HAMDEN...KILLINGWORTH

  AND NORTH BRANFORD.



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 4143 7184 4132 7185 4125 7296 4140 7299

      4150 7243 4140 7218



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