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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

432 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2007



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UNION NJ-

432 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY...



AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS STARTING TO MOVE OUT UNION COUNTY. 



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PLAINFIELD. THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL OCCURRED FROM RAHWAY TO ROSELLE TO HILLSIDE WHERE RADAR 

INDICATED THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED IN THE PAST 

HOURS.



FLOOD WATERS WILL RECEDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN URBAN AREAS... 

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



IF WATER COVERS A ROADWAY...FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO REACH YOUR 

DESIGNATION. THE WATER IS OFTEN DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS AND IF WATER 

GETS INTO THE ENGINE INTAKE...IT WILL NOT ONLY TRAP YOU...IT WILL 

RUIN YOUR CARS ENGINE. 



LAT...LON 4073 7438 4070 7424 4068 7420 4068 7416

      4067 7415 4064 7417 4063 7420 4061 7419

      4058 7422 4059 7443

TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 193DEG 21KT 4088 7422



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