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WGUS71 KOKX 310120

FFSOKX

NYC071-310330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

915 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR ORANGE 

COUNTY...



AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL FALLING ACROSS WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY. 

ALSO...THERE HAS BEEN NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GOSHEN 

AND FLORIDA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR IS FALLING IN 

THOSE AREAS AS WELL. SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR   

BANKS...AND ARE FLOODING HOMES AND ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN 

ORANGE COUNTY. SERIOUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING STATES OF EMERGENCIES 

EXIST IN THE TOWNS OF DEER PARK AND PORT JERVIS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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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