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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

221 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.



* AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING   

  SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED     

  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OCCURRING WITH THIS      

  ACTIVITY.  



* 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...POMPTON LAKES...

  RINGWOOD...WEST MILFORD...BLOOMINGDALE...BROWNS...BUTLER...

  CHARLOTTESBURG...HEWITT...STONETOWN...UTTERTOWN AND WANAQUE.



BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 415 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4104 7454 4098 7430 4110 7418 4122 7435



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