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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

556 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-PASSAIC NJ-

556 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR

PASSAIC...ESSEX AND WESTERN BERGEN COUNTIES...



AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 

AN INCH POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND

SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.



&&



LAT...LON 4119 7438 4103 7399 4073 7417 4071 7411

      4068 7414 4073 7438 4077 7438 4086 7432

      4087 7434 4090 7434 4090 7428 4092 7430

      4097 7429 4099 7432 4101 7443 4104 7444

      4103 7449 4108 7451



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