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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY

647 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...NEW MILFORD...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 642 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN 

  LITCHFIELD COUNTY. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH         

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA AROUND 430

  PM NEAR WINSTED WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES WERE TWO TO FIVE             

  INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS LIKELY FROM A  

  ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY FROM WEST TO EAST. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  WINSTED...NORFOLK AND NEW HARTFORD.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT

ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.



LAT...LON 4151 7339 4150 7344 4158 7347 4177 7331

      4204 7326 4203 7300 4198 7302 4197 7288

      4190 7291 4189 7295 4181 7294 4179 7301

      4164 7297 4157 7309 4155 7316 4151 7316

      4151 7331 4147 7333

TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 180DEG 0KT 4177 7318



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