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WGUS71 KOKX 012137

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NJC013-017-039-NYC005-047-059-061-081-085-012230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

536 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003





...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR 

ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION...BRONX...NEW YORK...KINGS...RICHMOND...NASSAU

AND QUEENS COUNTIES...



RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE WARNING AREA...BUT THE HEAVIER RAIN 

HAS DIMINISHED. FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE AS RAIN DOES CONTINUES TO 

FALL AT THE RATE OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR OVER THE 

WARNING AREA WHERE SOME PLACES...MAINLY IN NEW JERSEY...HAVE SEEN 

RAINFALL OF 1.25 AND 2.25 INCHES IN THE LAST TWO HOURS.



HEAVY RAIN IS APPROACHING KINGS...QUEENS...AND NASSAU COUNTIES FROM 

THE SOUTHWEST WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. SO THE FLOOD 

WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



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.



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LAT...LON 4068 7344 4060 7350 4059 7397 4052 7421

          4060 7443 4089 7432 4078 7408 4091 7390

          4089 7350

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