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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

940 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

  SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

  SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 932 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NORTHPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL 

BE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY. FLOODING ALONG AREA ROADWAYS AND IN POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS WILL OCCUR.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



$$



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

UPTON NY.



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