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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

155 PM 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 400 PM EDT



* AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TRAILING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE       

WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH IN ONE HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE CAUSE 

FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 



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.



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 4051 7421 4059 7371 4087 7376 4091 7389



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