Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Upton NY
Issued: 2017-03-31T15:11:33-04:00
Expires: 2017-03-31T16:11:33-04:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 2:45 PM EDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK…
KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK…

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 1244 PM EDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE RAIN
FALLEN ALREADY WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ROCKAWAY BEACH…SHEEPSHEAD BAY AND CANARSIE.
Instruction: TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Queens; Kings

Message Identifier: NWS-141029-9391222017231151133
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – IPAWS Test