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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

413 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008



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SUFFOLK NY-

413 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR

SUFFOLK COUNTY...



AT 405 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A 

THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS OVER BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL 

LABORATORY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...  

NEAR CALVERTON BY 415 PM EDT...



FLOODING OF ROADWAYS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN RIDGE.



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.



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 4090 7290 4097 7290 4097 7287 4097 7277

      4097 7275 4097 7272 4099 7269 4098 7265

      4099 7262 4088 7262



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