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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

758 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



* AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER PARTS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH

  FORKS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED  

  FLASH FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADWAYS. ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 8       

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS TODAY...MOSTLY IN THE   

  LAST 4 TO 6 HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO    

  FALL THROUGH 930 PM...WITH

  THE HEAVIEST EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN JAMESPORT AND CUTCHOGUE ON   

  THE NORTH FORK AND BETWEEN HAMPTON BAYS AND SOUTHAMPTON ON THE     

  SOUTH FORK. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM EAST TO WEST 

  AROUND 9 PM. UNTIL THEN...SEVERE FLASH FLOODING WILL               

  CONTINUE...WITH ROADS BEING WASHED OUT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY 

ROADS AND FARMLANDS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

SEVERE FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING.



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.



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 4082 7255 4089 7233 4112 7238 4101 7259



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