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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1019 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 115 PM EST...



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

  FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED VARIOUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS SUFFOLK COUNTY...AS WELL AS 

REPORTS OF BASEMENTS BEEN FLOODED. WHILE THE RAIN IS COMING TO AN 

END IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN UPTON

NY.



LAT...LON 4062 7342 4102 7182 4121 7216 4094 7345



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