FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 558 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 715 PM EST...
* AT 555 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF ROBERT MOSES
STATE PARK. THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS TRACKING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY...PRODUCING HOURLY RATES OF AROUND ONE
HALF OF AN INCH. THE HEAVY RAIN...IN COMBINATION WITH MELTING SNOW
AND CLOGGED DRAINAGE...WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF URBAN FLOODING THIS
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS.
LAT...LON 4066 7326 4067 7306 4074 7288 4066 7342
4093 7344 4094 7343 4091 7343 4091 7342
4096 7340 4091 7323 4094 7316 4097 7316
4097 7277 4103 7249 4080 7269 4077 7279
4078 7271 4077 7272 4063 7318 4061 7342
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JMC
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