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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1256 PM EST WED NOV 8 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 245 PM EST...



* AT 1243 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER 

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JERSEY

  CITY...UNION CITY...TETERBORO...SUMMIT...SECAUCUS...RUTHERFORD...

  RIDGEFIELD...ORANGE...ORADELL...NORWOOD...NEWARK...MILLBURN...

  LYNDHURST...KEARNY...HOBOKEN...HARRISON...HACKENSACK...FORT LEE...

  ENGLEWOOD...BLOOMFIELD AND BERGENFIELD.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 1 AND 9 AFTER 

HAZELWOOD AVENUE IN MAHWAH NEW JERSEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 

ONE AN A HALF INCH IN ONE HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER 

DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD 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 4067 7447 4059 7419 4064 7416 4071 7402

      4097 7390 4101 7391 4101 7398



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