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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

106 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT...



* AT 101 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING 

FROM NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY...THROUGH ROCKLAND AND NORTHERN 

WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...AND INTO PUTNAM COUNTY.



1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THIS BAND...WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 4107 7424 4112 7421 4115 7423 4132 7398

      4143 7395 4148 7354 4129 7355 4125 7351

      4122 7351 4113 7365 4111 7372 4109 7372

      4094 7394 4091 7406 4094 7415 4096 7414

      4098 7416 4099 7425



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