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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

745 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT.



* AT 743 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AN AREA OF VERY 

  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 

  2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HARRISON...

  NEWARK...KEARNY...BELLEVILLE...EAST NEWARK...EAST ORANGE... 

  IRVINGTON AND NUTLEY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4078 7405 4068 7415 4072 7426 4082 7418



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