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WGUS71 KOKX 302348

FFSOKX

NYC071-310030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

745 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR WESTERN 

ORANGE COUNTY...



AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES EAST

OF PORT JERVIS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF FINCHVILLE...MOVING

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...BETWEEN 3 AND 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINS HAVE OCCURED INSIDE A TRIANGLE BOUNDED BY PORT 

JERVIS...OTISVILLE...AND CUDDEBACKVILLE. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS 

TAPERED OFF...RUNOFF IS STILL LIKELY CAUSING 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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