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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1157 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT HAS 

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS PASSED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...ENDING THE 

THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT WITH CONTINUED PONDING OF 

WATER ON ROADWAYS. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL ONLY SLOWLY RECEDE 

OVERNIGHT...SO SOME ROADWAYS AND ADJACENT LOW-LYING AREAS STILL 

MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. 



MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

DANGERS OF 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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