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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

310 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  SOUTHEASTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 615 AM EDT



* AT 305 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS        

  NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL NEW   

  JERSEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA DURING THE PRE-DAWN    

  HOURS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG SMALL      

  STREAMS WILL BE LIKELY.



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

WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 AM.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4074 7436 4086 7431 4090 7433 4089 7426

      4098 7428 4112 7421 4112 7420 4100 7390

      4089 7392 4066 7407 4065 7414 4071 7411

      4060 7421 4059 7446 4059 7446 4064 7439

      4066 7446



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