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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

628 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



* AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UPWARDS OF AN INCH 

OF RAIN...WITH MORE ON THE WAY. MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE LOWER 

HUDSON VALLEY. AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH

8 PM.



REPORTS OF PARTIALLY BLOCKED ROADS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. THIS 

CAN QUICKLY BECOME WATER DEEP ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN UPTON

NY.



LAT...LON 4118 7440 4122 7441 4132 7397 4135 7364

      4114 7362 4110 7373 4104 7369 4104 7389

      4100 7390 4104 7400 4101 7402 4101 7443

TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 180DEG 0KT 4111 7430



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