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WGUS71 KOKX 310340

FFSOKX

NYC071-310530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1140 PM EDT MON AUG 30 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 1135 PM...THE HEAVY RAINS FROM EARLIER MONDAY EVENING HAVE EXITED 

THE REGION...AND LITTLE OR NO RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR 

TWO.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THERE ARE STILL 

SOME ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY... 

AND THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS WASHOUT AND ROADS DAMAGED BY THE 

EVENING FLOODING.  ANY REMAINING FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO 

RECEDE THROUGH 200 AM.



HOWEVER...THERE STILL IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OVERNIGHT...AS TROPICAL STORM GASTON MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION 

AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.  IF THE THREAT FOR 

ANOTHER BOUT OF HEAVY RAINFALL MATERIALIZES LATER TONIGHT... 

ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE POSTED.



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.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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