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WGUS71 KOKX 091611

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1211 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008



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HUDSON NJ-BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-UNION NJ-ROCKLAND NY-BRONX NY-

NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-

RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) NY-PASSAIC NJ-WESTCHESTER NY-QUEENS NY-

1211 PM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR

QUEENS...WESTCHESTER...PASSAIC...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...KINGS

(BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...BRONX...ROCKLAND...UNION...

ESSEX...BERGEN AND HUDSON COUNTIES...



AT 1202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAIN MOVING EAST ACROSS THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL 

1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR...WHICH ON TOP OF 

RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 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 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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