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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1108 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



NJC013-151600-

ESSEX NJ-

1108 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ESSEX COUNTY UNTIL NOON EDT...



AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY 

AND INTERSTATE 280 NEAR THE CITY OF ORANGE.  



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY.



LAT...LON 4080 7411 4068 7416 4072 7439 4090 7433



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