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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

218 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT...



* AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  HICKSVILLE TO HUNTINGTON STATION...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  WESTBURY TO HUNTINGTON STATION...MOVING EAST AT 8 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  CENTERPORT BY 225 PM EDT...

  PLAINVIEW BY 230 PM EDT...

  NORTHPORT BY 235 PM EDT...

  MELVILLE AND COMMACK BY 300 PM EDT...

  DIX HILLS BY 310 PM EDT...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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.



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 4077 7362 4088 7348 4093 7331 4084 7327

      4073 7338



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