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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

630 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT



* AT 623 AM EDT...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN HAS REACHED 4.08 FEET 

WHICH IS JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 4 FEET. THIS SHARP RISE IN THE 

RIVER WAS THE RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE REGION 

OVERNIGHT. THIS IS QUITE LIKELY CAUSING ONLY SOME MINOR FLOODING 

ALONG THE RIVER...BUT MOTORIST ALONG NEARBY ROADS SHOULD STAY ALERT 

FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. THE RIVER APPEARS TO CRESTING AT THIS TIME 

BUT IT COULD BEGIN TO RISE AGAIN AS SOME MORE RAIN MOVES ACROSS THE 

REGION THIS MORNING.



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR 

IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

UPTON NY.



LAT...LON 4115 7418 4106 7400 4111 7394 4125 7404

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