

000 

WGUS71 KOKX 181442

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1040 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



NYC103-181745-

SUFFOLK NY-

1040 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR

SUFFOLK COUNTY...



AT 1038 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR 

ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.  UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS...PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN 

TRAVELING. 



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.



LAT...LON 4093 7341 4077 7345 4071 7341 4063 7330

      4071 7294 4105 7183 4118 7219



$$

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000 

WGUS71 KOKX 181442

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1040 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



NYC103-181745-

SUFFOLK NY-

1040 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR

SUFFOLK COUNTY...



AT 1038 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR 

ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.  UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS...PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN 

TRAVELING. 



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.



LAT...LON 4093 7341 4077 7345 4071 7341 4063 7330

      4071 7294 4105 7183 4118 7219



$$

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