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WGUS71 KOKX 310158

FFSOKX

NYC071-310330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

953 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 950 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE FOR THE MOST PART ENDED ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR PORT 

JERVIS. 



HOWEVER...THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR DEER PARK. 

SINCE 6PM...BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...AND RUNOFF IS STILL OCCURRING. CREEKS 

AND STREAMS ARE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND ARE FLOODING HOMES AND 

ROADWAYS. THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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