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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

224 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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BERGEN NJ-

224 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN BERGEN

COUNTY...



THE HEAVY RAIN BAND HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE REGION...SO THE 

WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



LAT...LON 4115 7423 4132 7398 4143 7395 4148 7354

      4129 7355 4125 7351 4122 7351 4113 7365

      4111 7372 4109 7372 4099 7390



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NYC079-087-119-050700-

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PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-WESTCHESTER NY-

224 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



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

WESTCHESTER...ROCKLAND AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...



AT 218 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 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL ROCKLAND 

AND NORTH CENTRAL WESTCHESTER COUNTIES OVER THE LAST 2 1/2 

HOURS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE 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.



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 4115 7423 4132 7398 4143 7395 4148 7354

      4129 7355 4125 7351 4122 7351 4113 7365

      4111 7372 4109 7372 4099 7390



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