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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

722 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT SUNDAY...



* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE 

AREA. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED IN URBAN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW 

JERSEY AND THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. 



IN ADDITION...SHARP RISES ARE OCCURRING ON SMALLER STREAMS AND MANY 

CREEKS ARE AT OR OVER BANKFULL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

SPECIFICALLY...THE RIVER LEVEL AT THE HO-HO-KUS RIVER AT HO-HO-KUS 

WAS 3.74 FT AT 6:45 PM. FLOOD STAGE IS 3.0 FT. 



THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD HAS ALSO EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE OF 5.5 

FT. BOTH RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE BEFORE CRESTING OVERNIGHT AND 

FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4151 7448 4160 7438 4164 7427 4160 7421

      4162 7410 4159 7397 4145 7398 4150 7392

      4153 7354 4129 7355 4122 7351 4110 7372

      4099 7364 4095 7366 4086 7379 4088 7390

      4100 7390 4133 7466 4139 7473 4150 7475



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