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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

842 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PARAMUS...RAMSEY...RIDGEWOOD

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAVERSTRAW...NANUET...NEW CITY...

  NYACK...MONSEY...SUFFERN...TAPPAN



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 835 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER WESTERN BERGEN AND MUCH OF ROCKLAND COUNTIES.  THE RAIN 

  WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...OVER AREAS ALREADY SATURATED

  FROM EARLIER RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

UPTON NY.



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