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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

447 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007



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NASSAU NY-

447 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN NASSAU COUNTY...



AT 445 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. UNDERPASSES ON THE 

NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE... 

FURTHER EXACERBATING ROAD FLOODING.



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.



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 4066 7372 4073 7372 4076 7370 4077 7345

      4077 7344 4064 7344 4062 7361 4063 7345

      4060 7344 4059 7345 4058 7353 4059 7373

      4063 7376

TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 180DEG 0KT 4066 7358



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