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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

900 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NEW YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 900 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE       

WARNED AREA. 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.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 11 AM...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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 4051 7421 4059 7371 4087 7376 4091 7389



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