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WGUS71 KOKX 181553

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1146 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



NYC047-059-081-181556-

KINGS NY-NASSAU NY-QUEENS NY-

1146 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR QUEENS...NASSAU AND

KINGS COUNTIES...



RAIN HAS FINALLY TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SCATTERED 

SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT...SHOULD 

NOT CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 



UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE EARLY 

THIS MORNING...FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS LOW 

LYING AREAS STILL EXISTS...THEREFORE PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE 

CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  



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 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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