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WGUS71 KOKX 250540

FFSOKX

NYC087-250900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON, NY

1230 AM EST THU DEC 25 2003



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

FOR ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN AT 1230 AM WAS AT 4.40 FEET. FLOOD STAGE 

IS AT 4.0 FEET. THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL SLOWLY RETURN TO 

WITHIN ITS BANKS AROUND 500 AM. SOME OTHER SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS 

IN ROCKLAND COUNTY THAT MAY STILL BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME 

WILL ALSO RECEDE OVERNIGHT. 



IN THE MEANTIME...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. 



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