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000 

WGUS71 KOKX 210236

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

1036 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



NYC103-210330-

/O.CON.KOKX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090621T0330Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

SUFFOLK NY-

1036 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR 

SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK COUNTY...



AT 1030 PM EDT...THE TORRENTIAL RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA FROM BAY SHORE TO OAKDALE WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF 

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. 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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



&&



LAT...LON 4069 7329 4075 7325 4078 7314 4072 7308

      4072 7310 4073 7313 4070 7313 4070 7316

      4071 7323 4069 7326



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