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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

146 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT...



* AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR UNION CITY...TRACKING

  NORTHEAST 20 MPH.



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.



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 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 4069 7401 4070 7401 4069 7406 4076 7410

      4086 7404 4090 7391 4087 7379 4084 7380

      4082 7378 4081 7378 4078 7378 4068 7382



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