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NJC003-031-NYC071-079-087-119-090430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

830 PM 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.

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.



* AT 818 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT UP TO 8     

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE RAIN WILL    

  BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT...BUT BEFORE THEN EXPECT ANOTHER 2  

  TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES...MAINLY BETWEEN 830 AND 1030 PM. WESTERN      

  ROCKLAND COUNTY...EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...WESTERN PUTNAM           

  COUNTY...AND NORTHWEST WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN NEW YORK WILL BE THE  

  HARDEST HIT AREAS. IN NEW JERSEY...WESTERN BERGEN AND AND WESTERN  

  PASSAIC COUNTY LOOK TO BE THE HARDEST HIT. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY 

  EXPERIENCE SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.      

  ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ALONG 

  RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HILLY TERRAIN.          

  MUDSLIDES MAY VERY WELL OCCUR. BE SURE TO HEED ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

  EVACUATION ORDERS IF THEY ARE ISSUED...OR ELSE RISK BEING SWEPT    

  AWAY AND KILLED BY FLOOD WATERS.



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.



LAT...LON 4152 7353 4085 7419 4103 7457 4159 7410



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