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WGUS71 KOKX 192154

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

551 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



CTC007-009-192345-

MIDDLESEX CT-NEW HAVEN CT-

551 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN NEW HAVEN AND NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...



AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPGRADED THE FLOOD ADVISORY 

TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.



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



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