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WGUS71 KOKX 262255

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

655 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009



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ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-FAIRFIELD CT-WESTCHESTER NY-

655 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR

WESTCHESTER...FAIRFIELD...ROCKLAND...PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN ORANGE

COUNTIES...



AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 1000 PM EDT

FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND

SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



&&



LAT...LON 4134 7398 4151 7375 4154 7345 4151 7343

      4152 7339 4141 7319 4130 7307 4123 7312

      4115 7310 4114 7313 4117 7317 4112 7324

      4111 7419 4134 7468



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