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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

436 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER MOST OF THE           

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. TRAINING OF CELLS WILL        

  PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER    

  HOUR...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE BEST    

  CHANCE OF FLOODING RAINS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTH OF THE EXPRESSWAY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  WOODMERE AROUND 440 PM

  VALLEY STREAM AROUND 445 PM

  LYNBROOK AND MALVERNE AROUND 450 PM

  LYNBROOK AND MALVERNE AROUND 455 PM

  OCEANSIDE AND LIDO BEACH AROUND 500 PM

  BALDWIN AND HEMPSTEAD AROUND 510 PM



SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATLANTIC BEACH...ELMONT

AND WANTAGH.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO 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.



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