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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
613 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 613 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JAMAICA, FLUSHING, LEVITTOWN, EAST TREMONT, FREEPORT, VALLEY
STREAM, LONG BEACH, GLEN COVE, PLAINVIEW, GARDEN CITY, MASSAPEQUA,
LYNBROOK, SYOSSET, MINEOLA, WOODMERE, WESTBURY, ROCKAWAY BEACH,
GREAT NECK, FARMINGDALE AND OYSTER BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4091 7385 4088 7379 4089 7376 4088 7375
4085 7376 4088 7371 4087 7366 4091 7364
4091 7350 4089 7347 4064 7341 4062 7341
4062 7342 4061 7342 4057 7361 4058 7376
4053 7392 4091 7388
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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