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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

957 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...



* UNTIL 100 PM EST...



* AT 903 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOLCOTT...

  WILTON...WESTPORT...WESTBROOK...WATERFORD...WATERBURY...

  WALLINGFORD...VOLUNTOWN...TRUMBULL...STRATFORD...SOUTHBURY...

  SHERMAN...SHELTON...SEYMOUR...SALEM...RIDGEFIELD...PRESTON...

  PORTLAND...ORANGE...OLD SAYBROOK...OLD LYME...NORWICH...NORWALK...

  NORTH MADISON...NORTH LYME...NORTH HAVEN...NORTH BRANDFORD...

  NEWTOWN...NEW LONDON...NEW HAVEN...NEW CANAAN...NAUGATUCK...

  MYSTIC...MONROE...MILFORD...MIDDLETOWN...MERIDEN...LEDYARD

  CENTER...LEBANON...KILLINGWORTH...HAMDEN...GUILFORD...GROTON...

  GEORGETOWN...GALES FERRY...FAIRFIELD...EAST HAMPTON...EAST

  HADDAM...DURHAM...DERBY...DARIEN...DANBURY...CROMWELL...

  COLCHESTER...CLINTON...CHESTER...CHESHIRE...BRIDGEPORT...

  BRANFORD...BETHEL AND BEACON FALLS.



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED VARIOUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING ALONG INTERSTATE 91. 

THE POQUONOCK RIVER NEAR TRUMBULL CONNECTICUT HAS ALSO REACHED ITS 

BANKS AND IS CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG AREA ROADWAYS.  



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.



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 4101 7364 4133 7185 4167 7175 4161 7355



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