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WGUS71 KOKX 162139

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NYC059-081-162230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

533 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NASSAU AND 

QUEENS COUNTY...



AT 525 PM EDT...THE RAIN HAD ENDED OR WAS ENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN 

QUEENS AND NASSAU COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING...CAUSED BY THE 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOONS THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY 

SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT HOURS. 



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



JST

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