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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

720 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 915 AM EDT...



* AT 720 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YORKTOWN

  HEIGHTS...PEEKSKILL...OSSINING...MOUNT KISCO AND BEDFORD.



RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH AN HOUR HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE SAW MILL 

RIVER PARKWAY...THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY AND ALONG INTERSTATE 684. 

ABOUT ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 9 AM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 



LAT...LON 4087 7389 4095 7362 4137 7354 4130 7397



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