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WGUS71 KOKX 302025

FFSOKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

425 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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ORANGE NY-

425 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR

ORANGE COUNTY...



AT 421 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE REGION. 

TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN 3 AND 3 1/2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL FROM THIS ACTIVITY. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA FROM ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



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 700 PM EDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND

SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



&&



LAT...LON 4150 7474 4151 7448 4160 7438 4160 7435

      4164 7427 4161 7424 4159 7414 4162 7413

      4162 7410 4158 7404 4114 7424 4119 7438

      4134 7469 4143 7476



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