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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1056 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 200 AM EST.
* AT 1056 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN
MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEVITTOWN, FREEPORT, VALLEY STREAM, LONG BEACH, GLEN COVE,
PLAINVIEW, GARDEN CITY, MASSAPEQUA, LYNBROOK, SYOSSET, MINEOLA,
WOODMERE, WESTBURY, GREAT NECK, FARMINGDALE, OYSTER BAY,
HEMPSTEAD, HICKSVILLE, ELMONT AND OCEANSIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4083 7376 4092 7352 4091 7351 4090 7351
4091 7352 4091 7354 4090 7355 4087 7346
4066 7342 4062 7348 4062 7350 4061 7342
4062 7367 4060 7370 4061 7350 4058 7375
4074 7370
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
FIG
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