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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

112 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



NYC103-181722-

SUFFOLK NY-

112 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY...



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. 



TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 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 4093 7341 4077 7345 4071 7341 4063 7330

      4071 7294 4105 7183 4118 7219



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