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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1055 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT.



* AT 1054 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR.

  THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL AND 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON.



* 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...BERGENFIELD...

  GOSHEN...HACKENSACK...HAVERSTRAW...MIDDLETOWN...MONROE...MONSEY...

  NANUET...NEW CITY...NEWBURGH...NYACK AND PARAMUS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 200 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.



A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN UPTON

NY.



LAT...LON 4144 7399 4110 7388 4099 7389 4082 7413

      4106 7450 4149 7477 4152 7447 4160 7399



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