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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

425 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007



NJC003-013-017-031-039-271015-

HUDSON NJ-BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-UNION NJ-PASSAIC NJ-

425 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PASSAIC...UNION...ESSEX...BERGEN AND HUDSON COUNTIES...



AT 418 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. 

RECENT RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE RAINFALL INTENSITY SHOULD  

DECREASE AFTER 5 AM.



WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED URBAN 

FLOODING OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF BERGEN...ESSEX AND HUDSON 

COUNTIES. SOME SMALL RIVERS INCLUDING THE PECKMAN RIVER AT VERONA 

AND THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD HAVE ALSO EXCEEDED THEIR FLOOD 

STAGES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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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