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WGUS71 KOKX 072032

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

432 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



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FAIRFIELD CT-NEW HAVEN CT-

432 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR 

WESTERN NEW HAVEN AND EAST CENTRAL FAIRFIELD COUNTIES...



AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND WESTERN 

OXFORD.

  

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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



LAT...LON 4141 7339 4156 7299 4135 7289 4128 7332



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