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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

326 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE SOUTH FORK OF LONG ISLAND...SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW

  YORK 



* UNTIL 730 AM EDT



* AT 326 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST HAMPTON TO HITHER HILLS STATE PARK.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 

FEW HOURS IS LIKELY PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT ROAD FLOODING FROM 

EAST HAMPTON...EAST TO MONTAUK. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG 

MONTAUK HIGHWAY BETWEEN AMAGANSETT AND HITHER HILLS IN THE VICINITY 

OF THE LOBSTER ROLL RESTAURANT. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS 

FLOODED ROADS.



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. 



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



$$



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 4103 7238 4089 7231 4106 7184 4114 7189

          4111 7207



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