Weather

Flash Flood Warning Issued

BREAKING: If you are in the warned area, move to higher ground immediately.

From the National Weather Service:

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

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* AT 1229 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON...COMMACK...STONY BROOK...CENTEREACH...HAUPPAUGE...
SMITHTOWN...CENTERPORT...COLD SPRING HARBOR...FARMINGVILLE...
LAKE GROVE...NISSEQUOGUE...HUNTINGTON BAY...OLD FIELD...
ASHAROKEN...ST. JAMES AND EAST NORTHPORT.

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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