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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

545 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



* AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...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.



LAT...LON 4132 7310 4143 7229 4164 7247 4151 7337



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