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WGUS71 KOKX 171006 CCA

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NYC103-171145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

600 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM EDT FOR THE SOUTH 

FORK OF LONG ISLAND...SUFFOLK COUNTY...IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK 

STATE...

 

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE SOUTH FORK BETWEEN EAST HAMPTON 

AND HITHER HILLS OVERNIGHT HAS FINALLY ENDED. EXPECT A FEW MORE 

PASSING SHOWERS THROUGH 8 AM...BUT THESE SHOULD NOT BE THAT HEAVY.  



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT 

LIKELY PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT ROAD FLOODING FROM EAST HAMPTON...EAST 

TO MONTAUK. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ALONG MONTAUK HIGHWAY BETWEEN 

AMAGANSETT AND HITHER HILLS IN THE BEACH HAMPTON AREA NEAR THE 

LOBSTER ROLL RESTAURANT ALONG MONTAUK HIGHWAY.



TRAVEL IN THIS AREA SHOULD STILL BE AVOIDED EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL 

THE FLOODING GRADUALLY SUBSIDES. 



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. 



REMEMBER...MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



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