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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

759 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008



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SUFFOLK NY-

759 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR

SUFFOLK COUNTY...



AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR PORT JEFFERSON...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. RAINFALL RATES 

OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4085 7345 4095 7349 4094 7342 4091 7342

      4092 7340 4096 7341 4096 7338 4091 7323

      4094 7316 4096 7316 4097 7283 4075 7285

      4075 7301 4073 7302 4073 7313 4071 7313

      4070 7318 4071 7323 4069 7326 4066 7342



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