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WGUS51 KOKX 101450

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NJC039-101630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1040 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 1230 PM EDT...



* AT 1040 AM EDT...WHILE THE RAIN IS TAPERING OFF...FLOODING 

CONTINUES. 



THE FLOOD WATERS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THE 

LIGHT RAIN WILL END AROUND NOON TIME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLY 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 HAS CRESTING JUST ABOVE ITS FLOOD 

STAGE.  AT 1030 AM EDT...THE STAGE WAS REPORTED AT 5.9 FT. THE FLOOD 

STAGE IS 5.5 FT. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

 

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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