Asharoken Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 559 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

  CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.
* AT 555 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
STREAMING NORTHWARD TOWARD CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF
UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THIS
ACTIVITY...IN COMBINATION WITH STANDING WATER LEFT OVER FROM EARLIER
RAINFALL...MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4066 7324 4065 7320 4067 7307 4074 7288
      4075 7301 4073 7313 4070 7315 4071 7322
      4091 7320 4097 7316 4097 7277 4100 7259
      4084 7260 4080 7268 4081 7260 4080 7260
      4080 7261 4067 7302 4063 7325
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GOODMAN

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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 525 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH LATE TODAY...
.A COLD FRONT VERY SLOWLY APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE
TO TRIGGER VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE DAY...AND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. A MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS IS PROVIDING THE
INGREDIENTS TO PRODUCE THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
CTZ005>012-NYZ077>081-241745-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080725T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
525 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...
  NORTHERN NEW LONDON...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN
  MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN
  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NASSAU...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...
  NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK AND SOUTHWESTERN
  SUFFOLK.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT SLOWLY CROSSING THE TRI-STATE WILL
  PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE
  SAME AREAS. THESE STORMS ALSO COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS RAINFALL...ON TOP OF THE
  RAIN WHICH FELL WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE
  FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... URBAN AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE
  SPOTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...AS WELL AS SHARP RISES ON LARGER
  STREAMS AND RIVERS. FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE BASEMENTS IS ALSO
  LIKELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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MALOIT

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