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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

930 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAVERSTRAW...NEW CITY...NYACK



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 910 AM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG

  THE MAHWAH RIVER IN HILLBURN.



  AT 915 AM EDT...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN WAS AT 3.9 FEET AND 

  FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. RAIN WILL TAPER OF THIS MORNING AND WATER

  LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN RECEDE. HOWEVER...ANY ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL THIS MORNING COULD CAUSE THE WATER LEVEL TO RISE TO FLOOD

  STAGE AGAIN. 



  IN ADDITION...ANY OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH ARE OUT OF

  THEIR BANKS ACROSS ROCKLAND COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD UNTIL

  THE RAIN ENDS. ONCE THE RAIN ENDS...THEIR WATERS LEVELS WILL 

  GRADUAL RECEDE.

    

MOTORISTS DRIVING NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD STAY ALERT 

FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

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 4114 7420 4113 7415 4105 7391 4130 7401

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