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WGUS71 KOKX 241851

FFSOKX

NYC087-242000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

150 PM EST WED DEC 24 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW YORK 

UNTIL 300 PM EST...



AT 1:30 PM...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN WAS AT 4.66 FEET AND 

RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. SOME FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE 

RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF SUFFERN AND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS. IN ADDITION...SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING 

ALONG OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE COUNTY. FLOODING 

CONDITIONS WILL COME TO AN END LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WATERS 

SUBSIDE. 



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY...HOWEVER SOME 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON 

AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 



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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LAT...LON 4109 7415 4109 7391 4127 7391 4127 7415



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