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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

805 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 801 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FALLS

  VILLAGE AND CANAAN



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHWEST 

LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. HEAVY SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS AND 

PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WHICH WILL LEAD TO 

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.



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 4181 7350 4184 7324 4204 7321 4204 7352



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