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WGUS71 KOKX 101348

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

942 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007



NYC085-101500-

RICHMOND NY-

942 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR 

RICHMOND COUNTY (STATEN ISLAND)...



AT 939 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

TORRENTIAL RAIN NEAR THE OUTER BRIDGE CROSSING MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



APPROXIMATELY AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR ACROSS THE REGION 

AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS 

OFF LATE THIS MORNING. 



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLOODING OF .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. THIS COULD RUIN YOUR CARS ENGINE AND PLACE YOUR LIFE IN 

GREAT DANGER. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 



LAT...LON 4050 7425 4051 7417 4062 7404 4065 7407

      4066 7414 4064 7419



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