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WGUS71 KOKX 280211

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1007 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



CTC001-280230-

FAIRFIELD CT-

1007 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY...



AT 1003 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRING IN THE TOWN OF DARIEN.



ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE LAST HOUR HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 3 

AND 5 INCHES CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD 

COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WESTPORT AND NORWALK. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS NOW MOVED INTO LONG 

ISLAND SOUND AND FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



LAT...LON 4100 7359 4111 7330 4116 7335 4105 7362



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