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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

519 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NASSAU COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM 

EDT...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BROOKLYN AND QUEENS UNTIL 630 

PM EDT... 



AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE ROCKAWAYS AND SOUTHWESTERN NASSAU 

COUNTY. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE STILL 

POSSIBLE



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING 



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.



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