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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

730 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



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HUDSON NJ-BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-UNION NJ-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-

KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) NY-PASSAIC NJ-NASSAU NY-

QUEENS NY-

730 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

QUEENS...NASSAU...PASSAIC...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...KINGS

(BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...UNION...ESSEX...BERGEN AND HUDSON

COUNTIES...



AT 723 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 UNTIL THE 

FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. 



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

CREEKS...MANY OF WHICH ARE AT OR OVER BANKFULL IN NORTHEAST NEW 

JERSEY. 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. THE LATEST STAGE WAS 5.8 FT AT 7:15 PM. BOTH RIVERS WILL 

CONTINUE TO RISE BEFORE CRESTING OVERNIGHT AND FALLING BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4119 7438 4099 7390 4080 7391 4092 7352

      4061 7342 4064 7352 4055 7389 4056 7391

      4056 7392 4060 7384 4064 7384 4057 7399

      4064 7404 4070 7401 4050 7422 4050 7423

      4059 7421 4058 7446 4097 7428 4108 7451



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