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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

451 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007



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SUFFOLK NY-NASSAU NY-

451 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR

NORTHERN NASSAU AND WEST CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTIES...



AT 450 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 4091 7364 4093 7358 4092 7351 4094 7349

      4095 7335 4094 7335 4094 7330 4092 7327

      4072 7328 4074 7369

TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 180DEG 0KT 4078 7356



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