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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1040 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



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SUFFOLK NY-

1040 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR

SUFFOLK COUNTY...



AT 1034 PM EDT...THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD WAS 

MOVING INTO NEW YORK CITY AND RAPIDLY DRYING UP. THE CENTER OF 

TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS SUFFOLK COUNTY WHICH 

HAS ALLOWED MUCH OF THE RAIN TO CEASE. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LINGER 

ACROSS WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE 

STORM...HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED HERE. MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL FALLING ACROSS THE TWIN FORKS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY 

AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 1/2 HOUR TO HOUR...THEREFORE THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4078 7269 4073 7313 4066 7313 4071 7323

      4066 7342 4095 7348 4091 7323 4098 7312

      4099 7263 4108 7228 4119 7219 4119 7218

      4117 7221 4110 7227 4108 7228 4103 7219

      4109 7209 4101 7211 4105 7193



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