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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

520 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN NEW 

HAVEN COUNTY...



AT 517 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

OVER THE CITY OF EAST HAVEN AND BRANFORD. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS IN BRANFORD REPORTED THAT SOME STREETS ARE FLOODING...WITH 

UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING PARTS OF ROUTE 1. 



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY 

UNTIL AROUND 6 AM. CITIES MOST LIKELY TO EXPEREINCE FLASH FLOODING 

ARE BRANFORD...NORTH BRANFORD...EAST HAVEN...ROCKLAND...AND NEW 

HAVEN.  



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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