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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1112 PM EST WED DEC 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT



* UNTIL 515 AM EST



* FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY ALONG THE QUINNIPIAC 

RIVER AT WALLINGFORD. IN ADDITION...SOME SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN 

NEW HAVEN COUNTY MAY ALSO BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT THIS TIME. 



FOR THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT WALLINGFORD, MINOR FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING, WITH A STAGE OF 8.9 FEET MEASURED AT 09 PM WEDNESDAY. THE 

STAGE EXCEEDED THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8.0 FEET AT 06 PM WEDNESDAY.  THE 

RIVER SHOULD SUBSIDE BY MORNING. 



DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS 

BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...



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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



$$



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 4148 7321 4120 7301 4131 7269 4157 7281

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