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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

721 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005



NJC003-013-031-039-070000-

BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-UNION NJ-PASSAIC NJ-

721 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BERGEN...ESSEX...PASSAIC AND

UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



AT 714 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING OF ROUTES 3...46 AND 

17 HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN PASSAIC AND BERGEN COUNTIES.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

INCLUDE...BLOOMFIELD...CALDWELL...ELIZABETH...HACKENSACK...LINDEN...

LYNDHURST...MILLBURN...NEWARK...ORANGE...PARAMUS...PASSAIC AND

PATERSON.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA WITH SOME LIGHT TO 

MODERATE SHOWERS REMAINING. THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOWLY 

SUBSIDING AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4096 7415 4095 7406 4089 7405 4082 7404

      4077 7410 4076 7414 4061 7420 4061 7437

      4095 7427



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