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WGUS71 KOKX 182122
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
522 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
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FAIRFIELD CT-NEW HAVEN CT-
522 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL FAIRFIELD AND CENTRAL NEW HAVEN COUNTIES...
AT 522 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER RESCUES OCCURRING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT, NEW HAVEN, WATERBURY, MERIDEN, MILFORD, WALLINGFORD,
SHELTON, NAUGATUCK, WOLCOTT, FAIRFIELD, HAMDEN, STRATFORD,
TRUMBULL, CHESHIRE, NORTH HAVEN, MONROE, SEYMOUR, ORANGE, DERBY
AND PROSPECT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING
SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA
SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4158 7303 4159 7306 4161 7306 4161 7302
4163 7302 4164 7298 4164 7294 4156 7295
4156 7288 4155 7285 4157 7285 4157 7283
4155 7282 4132 7290 4125 7291 4120 7303
4122 7329 4133 7318 4149 7305
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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