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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

122 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAY BROOK...OR ABOUT OVER

  SARANAC LAKE. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY...AND WAS PRODUCING UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN ONE 

  HOUR.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE

  PLACID.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4421 7410 4420 7395 4438 7395 4437 7412



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