NWS issues Flood Advisory for our area

Event:	Flood Advisory
Alert:	THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 1245 PM EDT * AT 940 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE LINE OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE JERSEY COAST WAS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS WESTERN LONG ISLAND AT 15 TO 20 MPH. URBAN FLOOD AND SIGNIFICANT PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS IS EXPECT AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH.   THE LINE WILL MOVE INTO BROOKLYN AND QUEENS BETWEEN 1030 AND 1100 AM. THE LINE WILL REACH NASSAU AND WESTERN SUFFOLK BETWEEN 1100 AM AND NOON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR SO IS EXPECTED AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
Instructions:	EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.