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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

331 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...



* AT 328 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO NORTHERN NASSAU AND     

  WESTERN COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE ALREADY 

  FALLEN OVER THE AREA...AND SEVERAL POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH      

  RAINFALL RATES OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA      

  THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE. 



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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4091 7364 4093 7358 4092 7351 4094 7349

      4095 7335 4094 7335 4094 7330 4092 7327

      4072 7328 4074 7369

TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 180DEG 0KT 4078 7356



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