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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

723 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  WESTERN KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  SOUTHERN NEW YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS       

  TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  ASTORIA...JACKSON HEIGHTS...TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND LAGUARDIA

  AIRPORT.



RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS 

ACTIVITY AND 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4059 7406 4056 7398 4079 7384 4079 7399



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