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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

754 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  THIS INCLUDES JAMAICA...



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...



* AT 745 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL QUEENS IN THE PAST 

HOUR OR SO...INCLUDING THE JAMAICA AND OZONE PARK AREAS. FLOODING ON 

THE VAN WICK AND JACKIE ROBINSON PARKWAYS IS LIKELY.  



WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS SUBSIDING...AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF 

HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE CITY BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 

PM. THUS...FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. WITH THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL LATER THIS EVENING...FLOOD WATERS WILL RISE AGAIN.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4065 7391 4066 7369 4074 7366 4081 7372

      4075 7394



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