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WGUS51 KOKX 142021

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

421 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NORTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT...



* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THE STORM IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT AROUND 5 MPH FROM WEST 

CENTRAL NASSAU TOWARDS NORTHEASTERN QUEENS...AND IS CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4070 7381 4081 7379 4080 7376 4085 7375

      4085 7373 4087 7372 4088 7370 4085 7366

      4088 7366 4091 7363 4092 7357 4092 7351

      4069 7356



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