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WGUS51 KOKX 291656

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NYC087-291945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1155 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK



* UNTIL 245 PM EST



* AT 1145 AM EST...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN WAS AT 4.38 FEET AND 

RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 4.00 FEET. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG 

THE MAHWAH RIVER INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.     



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA 

...WATER DRAINING INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS IS CAUSING RAPID 

RISES.  OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY ALSO FLOOD DURING THIS 

AFTERNOON DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH OCCURRED THIS 

MORNING. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



$$



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 4115 7424 4111 7414 4100 7389 4133 7398

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