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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

200 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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BERGEN NJ-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-WESTCHESTER NY-

200 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR

WESTCHESTER...ROCKLAND...PUTNAM AND NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTIES...



AT 148 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



BETWEEN 1 1/2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL 

ROCKLAND AND NORTH CENTRAL WESTCHESTER COUNTIES OVER THE LAST 2 

HOURS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TOWARDS NORTHERN BERGEN AND PUTNAM 

COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL COME TO AND END SHORTLY IN 

NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 

1/2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE REST OF 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. 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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