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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

610 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2005



NJC013-039-142300-

ESSEX NJ-UNION NJ-

610 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL

700 PM EDT...



AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

OCCURED OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 

NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUING.



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...CALDWELL...MILLBURN...PLAINFIELD...SUMMIT...FAIRFIELD...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS...FANWOOD...GARWOOD...LIVINGSTON...MOUNTAINSIDE...

NEW PROVIDENCE AND NORTH CALDWELL.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4086 7424 4058 7435 4059 7451 4090 7433



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