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WGUS71 KOKX 190717
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
317 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2024
NYC103-190830-
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SUFFOLK NY-
317 AM EDT MON AUG 19 2024
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY...
AT 317 AM EDT, THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED BETWEEN 6 AND 10
INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 9 PM, WITH HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES AS HIGH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD
FLOOD IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED, AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF BASEMENTS, LOW WATER
CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IS OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRENTWOOD, COMMACK, HUNTINGTON STATION, CENTEREACH, DEER PARK,
HAUPPAUGE, RONKONKOMA, HUNTINGTON, STONY BROOK, MIDDLE ISLAND,
PORT JEFFERSON, WADING RIVER, NORTHPORT, CORAM, DIX HILLS,
SMITHTOWN, MELVILLE, FARMINGVILLE, ROCKY POINT AND MOUNT SINAI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IF YOU ARE IN A BASEMENT, BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A HIGHER FLOOR.
LAT...LON 4094 7334 4095 7329 4092 7321 4093 7317
4097 7317 4099 7312 4098 7305 4099 7279
4092 7278 4069 7343 4087 7346 4087 7348
4091 7351 4095 7336
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
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