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WGUS71 KOKX 181620

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CTC001-009-181645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1220 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 1230 PM EDT WILL 

BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



COUNTIES INCLUDE...FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN COUNTIES IN CONNECTICUT.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS IN THE WARNED 

AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH 

FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS ARE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL 

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

THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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