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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1206 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT...



* AT 1203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES AVERAGING 2 TO 3 

  INCHES PER HOUR...SLOWLY TRACKING EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 4070 7368 4085 7367 4085 7365 4088 7366

      4091 7363 4092 7352 4089 7348 4095 7349

      4094 7342 4091 7341 4096 7341 4096 7339

      4093 7335 4093 7330 4091 7323 4094 7316

      4097 7316 4098 7311 4096 7309 4079 7304



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