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WGUS51 KOKX 101329

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NJC039-101500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

924 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...



* AT 920 AM EDT...SEVERE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLING THIS 

MORNING AND UP TO AN ADDITION HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN 

TAPERS OFF LATE THIS MORNING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD IS AT FLOOD STAGE OF 5.5 FT. THE 

RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING.

 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. THIS COULD RUIN YOUR CARS ENGINE AND PLACE YOUR LIFE IN 

GREAT DANGER. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 



LAT...LON 4059 7445 4059 7420 4068 7418 4073 7439



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