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WGUS71 KOKX 081442

FFSOKX

NYC005-081630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1036 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR BRONX COUNTY IS 

BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS COME TO AN END. 

FLOODED ROADWAYS WILL SLOWLY DRAIN THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. STREAMS 

AND CREEKS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE. THIS SHOULD END THE 

FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 



EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL 

MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING 

THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED.



SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME. 

THIS SHOULD ONLY CAUSE MINOR ADDITIONAL STREET FLOODING.



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