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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

716 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2007



NJC003-013-017-031-039-NYC005-047-059-061-081-085-119-041600-

HUDSON NJ-BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-UNION NJ-BRONX NY-NEW YORK NY-KINGS NY-

RICHMOND NY-PASSAIC NJ-WESTCHESTER NY-NASSAU NY-QUEENS NY-

716 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR

QUEENS...NASSAU...SOUTH CENTRAL WESTCHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN PASSAIC...

RICHMOND...KINGS...NEW YORK...BRONX...UNION...ESSEX...SOUTHERN BERGEN

AND HUDSON COUNTIES...



AT 714 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF 

ROCKAWAY BEACH...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LONG BRANCH...MOVING 

NORTH AT 20 MPH.



BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE AREA 

SINCE YESTERDAY. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE BEING 

EXPERIENCED IN THE APPROACHING RAIN BAND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE 

POSSIBLE IN 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. ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS IS 

LIKELY.



FLOODING IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO 

GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 



LAT...LON 4055 7446 4051 7419 4060 7341 4088 7350

      4099 7366 4098 7427



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