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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

905 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...

  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY..

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

  

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 905 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE       

  WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TRAILING FROM CENTRAL NEW 

JERSEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

HOURS...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 

AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS. 



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

WARNED AREA THROUGH 11 AM...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...EVEN AFTER THE RAIN HAS TAPER OFF LATER THIS 

MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO AID IN FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO 

EXERCISE CAUTION. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN UPTON

NY.



LAT...LON 4076 7438 4060 7446 4059 7424 4071 7402

      4082 7398 4100 7384 4112 7419



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