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WGUS71 KBTV 181919

FFSBTV

NYC031-182115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT

312 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR...



  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK



AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

CLUSTER OF NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 

JUST SOUTH OF SARANAC LAKE...OR NEAR THE TOWN OF RAY BROOK. DOPPLER

RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS

THIS AREA SINCE 1PM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING ACROSS THE DRAINAGES OF ROGER AND RAY BROOKS...AND ALONG

PORTIONS OF ROUTE 86 IN THE VICINITY OF RAY BROOKE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY.



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JMG

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