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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

957 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL NOON EDT...



* AT 954 AM EDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL RATES OF UP 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN FROM 

EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS 

THESE AREAS...PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.



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.



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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4061 7402 4054 7392 4058 7380 4058 7354

      4061 7342 4091 7349 4092 7357 4090 7366

      4080 7389 4075 7394 4069 7399



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