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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

534 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

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

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

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



* AT 531 PM EDT...AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

NEW JERSEY MOVING NORTH AROUND 30 MPH. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 1/4 

AND 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR IS OCCURRING. 



MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS IN NASSAU 

COUNTY ON THE MEADOWBROOK...NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAYS. 

BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA AND THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN UPTON

NY.



LAT...LON 4119 7438 4099 7390 4080 7391 4092 7352

      4061 7342 4064 7352 4055 7389 4056 7391

      4056 7392 4060 7384 4064 7384 4057 7399

      4064 7404 4070 7401 4050 7422 4050 7423

      4059 7421 4058 7446 4097 7428 4108 7451



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