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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1050 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008



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ORANGE NY-

1050 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR

ORANGE COUNTY...



1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION THE LAST TWO 

HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS 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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT

TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



LAT...LON 4150 7474 4151 7448 4160 7438 4164 7427

      4161 7424 4160 7421 4159 7414 4162 7413

      4162 7410 4159 7405 4159 7396 4151 7399

      4145 7399 4140 7395 4132 7398 4114 7424

      4137 7471 4143 7476



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