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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

408 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NORTHWESTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EST...



* AT 400 PM EST...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 

MARYLAND WAS APPROACHING THE REGION.  



AROUND AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION 

BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. NORMALLY...THIS WOULD NOT CAUSE MORE THAN MINOR 

FLOODING...BUT DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE COATING OF ICE THAT EXISTS 

ACROSS THE REGION...THIS RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF RAPIDLY AND LEAD TO 

MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.



WIDESPREAD URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING...AS WELL AS BASEMENT 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING. 



IF TRAVELING TONIGHT....PLEASE BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS 

DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



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.



RESIDENTS WITH BASEMENTS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE 

ACTIONS AT THIS TIME TO PROTECT PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 4149 7471 4152 7448 4159 7441 4163 7430

      4159 7400 4145 7399 4150 7392 4152 7357

      4129 7355 4121 7350 4104 7395 4113 7422

      4100 7432 4106 7451 4120 7440 4136 7471

TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 180DEG 0KT 4144 7430



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