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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1024 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  WESTCHESTER 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...

  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  ROCKLAND 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 115 PM EDT...



* AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM      

  ORANGE COUNTY IN NEW YORK TO WESTERN NEW JERSEY...MOVING EAST AT   

  45 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...POOR 

DRAINAGE AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4059 7421 4058 7446 4114 7423 4132 7400

      4136 7354 4110 7372 4095 7366 4086 7380

      4076 7371 4063 7377 4063 7378 4064 7382

      4060 7374 4058 7386 4065 7384 4065 7385

      4059 7400 4070 7401 4051 7419 4051 7420



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